The Morris Lode is a iron mine located in San Bernardino county, California.
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Mine Info
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Morris Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Morris Lode
Secondary: Van Buren Group
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kaiser Steel Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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: AVG. 37.32 % FE
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Workings): PITS AND ONE 55 FT. SHAFT
Comment (Deposit): DRILL HOLES PENETRATED ORE ZONES RANGING IN INDICATED THICKNESSES FROM 87 TO 921 FT.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 1944-1945 MAGNETIC ANOMALY TESTED BY 9 DRILL HOLES, 8 HOLES PENETRATED INDICATED THICKNESS OF MAGNETITE FROM 87-921 FT., AVG. 37.32 % FE.
References
Reference (Deposit): MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 1964: SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., VOL. III, P. 130
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A., ET. AL., 1953: MINERAL RESOURCES SAN BERNARDINO CO., CA: CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 49, NOS. 1&2, P. 97-98.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., P. 130
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