The Iron Horse is a lead and silver mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 5,000 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,000 Feet (1,524 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 35.43056, -115.53111
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Iron Horse MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Horse
Secondary: Jack Rabbit
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Clark Mtn.
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 12.3 % PB, 2.38 OZ AG, MINOR COPPER, GOLD
Analytical Data: TOTAL AVG
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Production): FIVE CAR LOADS OF ORE SHIPPED BETWEEN 1927 - 1941 AVERAGING 2.7 OZ AG, 16 % PB, AND ABOUT 2.0 % ZN. LAST CAR FROM BOTTOM OF SHAFT AVERAGED; 23 % PB, 2.20 OZ AG, 2.4 % ZN.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT OCCURS ALONG BEDDING PLANE IN LIMESTONE, SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET FROM GRANITE CONTACT. TUCKER, W. B., 1943 REPORTS VEIN OCCURS IN A FISSURE IN LIMESTONE WITH STRIKE OF N 20 W, DIP 50 - 70 SW.
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT 190 FT. LEVELS AT 60 , 100 , 150 AND 190 FT. 15 - 25 FT. OF DRIFTING DONE EXCEPT AT 190 FT. LEVEL, WHERE THERE IS A DRIFT NORTH 45 FT., AND 150 FT. LEVEL, DRIFT NORTH 35 FT. SECOND SHAFT 100 FT. SOUTH, AND OPEN CUTS FOR 1/4 MILE NORTH ON GOSSAN.
References
Reference (Deposit): GOODWIN, J. G., 1957 , LEAD AND ZINC IN CALIFORNIA; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 53 , NO. 3 & 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 642 - 643
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W. B. AND SAMPSON, R. J., 1943 , MINERAL RESOURCES, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY; CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 39 , NO. 4 ; DIV. OF MINES, P. 483 .
Reference (Production): TUCKER, W. B., 1943 , P. 483 (SEE REF.)
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