The Iron Mountain Wonder is a iron and copper mine located in Kern county, California.
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Mine Info
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Iron Mountain Wonder MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Mountain Wonder
Secondary: Iron Mountain
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Primary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: Kern
District: Woody
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Scheelite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: ORE IS IN PRE-CRETACEOUS SCHIST NEAR LARGE MASS OF TACTITE. CREST OF HILL IS COMPOSED OF SCHIST, QUARTZITE AND GARNETIZED CALCAREOUS ROCKS. LOWER AREAS ARE UNDERLAIN BY QUARTZ DIORITE.
Comment (Deposit): PROSPECTED FOR COPPER IN EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 SEC. 10 , UTM ACC.
Comment (Commodity): TRACES OF SCHEELITE AND COPPER IN TACTITE
Comment (Workings): CROSSCUT ADIT DRIVEN AT LEAST 200 FT. S 45 E BENEATH LARGE TACTITE ZONE; 60 FT. SHAFT ON TOP OF RIDGE
References
Reference (Deposit): TROXEL, B.W. AND MORTON, P.K., 1962 ; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY; COUNTY REPT. 1 , CA. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 210
Reference (Deposit): TUCKER, W.B., 1929 , LOS ANGELES FIELD DIVISION; 25TH REPT. STATE MIN.; CA. DIV. OF MINES, P. 56 .
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