The Beck is a iron mine located in San Bernardino county, California.
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Mine Info
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Beck MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beck
Secondary: Iron Gossan
Secondary: Kingston Range
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: D. E. Mclaughlin (Estate)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Thrust Fault
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVG. 60% FE
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): IRON GOSSAN NO. 1, 2 AND 5; THEY HAVE EXPOSED LENGTHS OF 430,1130 AND 1,070 FT. RESPECTIVELY FROM SE TO NW. THEIR WIDTH ARE FROM 50 TO 100 FT.
Comment (Workings): 300 FT. DRIFT ON IRON GOSSAN NO. 5 AND A 65 FT. SHAFT.
Comment (Geology): THE LIMESTONE AND DIABASE SILL LIE IN THE MIDDLE OR UPPER PART OF THE CRYSTAL SPRING FORMATION. A DRILLING PROJECT BY PACIFIC COKE AND COAL CO., IN 1924 SHOWED A MAJOR, LOW-ANGLE THRUST FAULT BENEATH THE BECK SPRING AREA WHICH ARUNCATES STEEPLY DIPPING CRYSTAL SPRING UNITS. THIS FAULT LIMITS THE DOWNWARD EXTENT OF THE IRON GOSSAN NO. 5.
References
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D.F., 1948; IRON DEPOSITS OF KINGSTON RANGE, SAN BERNARDINO, CA.; DIV. OF MINES BULL. 129, P. 195-206
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