MOHAWK MINE Lode Mining Claim, Ivanpah, San Bernardino County, California

MOHAWK MINE CAMC313828 20.66 Acre Lode Mining Claim in the Historic Ivanpah District, San Bernardino County, CA Bureau of Mines Regist’d, 206 oz Gold, 92,802 oz Silver   The Mohawk Mine lies within the southwest portion of the Ivanpah Mining District, approximately 3 km east-northeast of the Cima Road exit from I-15. As you drive toward the mine workings, clearly visible above a series of tailings piles, you’ll note the "dirty brown" coloration of the rock immediately above the workings. This is the result of circulating groundwater which extensively oxidized the primary sulfide mineralization during Tertiary to Recent time. While the coloration is due to the presence of several different mineral phases, most are forms of hydrated iron and manganese oxide. The Mohawk Mine was worked briefly during World War I (1916­1918). Three hundred tons of hand cobbed ore were shipped yielding 4 oz. of gold, 20,000 lbs. of copper and 250,000 lbs. of lead. The property lay idle until its acquisiti