The Iron Chief Mine is a gold mine located in Riverside county, California.
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Mine Info
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Iron Chief Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Chief Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: California
County: Riverside
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): EAGLE MOUNTAINS.
Comment (Deposit): OCCURS ON CONTACT OF QUARTZ DIORITE AND LIMESTONE, ALONG CONTACT IS FE GASSAN CONTAINING HEMATITE AND QUARTZ CONTAINING $10 AU/TON.
Comment (Production): $150,000 AU (1945).
Comment (Workings): VERTICAL SHAFT 140 FT DEEP AND A 500 FT CROSSCUT TUNNEL INTERSECTING AT THE 100 FT LEVEL.
Comment (Location): ALEGRIAS IS THE NEAREST LOCALITY.
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: MINES ABANDONED AS OF 1980.
References
Reference (Deposit): SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
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