The Amboy Iron Deposits is a iron mine located in San Bernardino county, California.
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Mine Info
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Amboy Iron Deposits MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Amboy Iron Deposits
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Coon Pulos
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): INCLUDES 3 CLAIMS: LILLIAN DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SMALL LENSES OF HEMATITE IN LIMESTONE. MAGNETITE DEPOSIT LOCATED 3000 FT. FARTHER EAST IS A MAGNETITE-HEMATITE VEIN. TOWER DEPOSIT: 1200 TO 1500 FT. SE OF MAGNETITE DEPOSIT IS OFF A BRECCIATED LENS HEMATITE IN LIMESTONE, SIZE OF LENS IS 75 FT. BY 250 FT.
Comment (Workings): LILLIAN DEPOSIT: 10 FT. SHAFT AND SHALLOW CUTS. MAGNETITE DEPOSITS TWO SMALL CUTS. LOWER DEPOSIT: OPEN CUT
Comment (Reserve-Resource): FEW THOUSAND TONS OF LOW GRADE ORE WAS STOCKPILED-NO ORE WAS SHIPPED.
References
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A., ET AL 1953: MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES SAN BERNARDINO; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 87-90
Reference (Reserve-Resource): WRIGHT, L.A. ET AL, 1953, P. 90
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