Ship Mountain

The Ship Mountain is a iron mine located in San Bernardino county, California.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Ship Mountain  

State:  California

County:  San Bernardino

Elevation:

Commodity: Iron

Lat, Long: 34.5375, -115.37472

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Ship Mountain MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Ship Mountain


Commodity

Primary: Iron


Location

State: California
County: San Bernardino


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: I. F. Crosby, Charles A. Palmer And Earl W. Paul


Production

Year: 1920
Time Period: 1918-1920
Material type: ORE FE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^60 % Fe


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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

Type: L
Description: Folds And Faults


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite


Comments

Comment (Deposit): DISCONTINOUS LENSES OF BRECCIATED HEMATITE

Comment (Deposit): AMOUNT OF OVERBURDEN, IRREGULAR DISTRIBUTION AND BRECCIATED NATURE OF THE ENCLOSING ROCK ADVERSELY AFFECT MINING. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Reserve-Resource): 42,000 TONS ARE INDICATED AND 38,000 TONS ARE INFERRED

Comment (Location): E 1/2: UTM ACCT.

Comment (Workings): 305 FT. INCLINE WITH SIX LEVELS, 15 PITS AND TRENCHES ORE WAS STOPED FROM THE THREE UPPER LEVELS.

Comment (Geology): BRECCIATED IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS STRIKE NORTH AND DIP 35E, WHILE BASALTS DIP 20E AND OVERLIE THE ORE-BEARING ROCKS.


References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): WRIGHT, L.A., ET. AL., P. 98

Reference (Deposit): MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 1964: SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., VOL. III, P. 130

Reference (Deposit): LAMEY, C.A., 1948; SHIP MOUNTAIN IRON-ORE DEPOSIT, SAN BERNARDINO, CA.; DIV. OF MINES BULL. 129, P. 113-116

Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A., ET AL, 1953: MINERAL RESOURCES SAN BERNARDINO, CA.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 98-100

Reference (Production): WRIGHT, L.A., ET. AL, P. 98


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