Eagle Mountain Mine and Plant

Site Name

Primary: Eagle Mountain Mine and Plant
Secondary: Eagle Mountain Mine

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Commodity

Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Silica
Tertiary: Sulfur
Tertiary: Magnesite
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Calcium
Tertiary: Aluminum

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Location

State: California
County: Riverside
District: Eagle Mountain District

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Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

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Holdings

Type: Patented

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Workings

Type: Surface

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Ownership

Owner Name: Iron Queen Mining Co. Owner In 1908
Company ID: 402511
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1978

Owner Name: Southern Pacific Co. Owner In 1908
Company ID: 402511
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1978

Owner Name: Riverside Iron And Steel Co. Owner In 1940
Company ID: 402511
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1977

Owner Name: Kaiser Steel Corp.
Company ID: 402511
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: California
Info Year: 1977

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Production

Not available

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1948
Discovery Year: 1881
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: L

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Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert

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Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

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Orebody

Not available

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Structure

Not available

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Alterations

Not available

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Rocks

Not available

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Analytical Data

Not available

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Materials

Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Gypsum
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Talc
Unknown: Tremolite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Dolomite

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): THE ESTIMATED ORE GRADE IS 33.4% IRON (FE), 19 % SILICA (SI02), 8 % MAGNESIA (MGO), 4 % LIME (CAO), 4 % ALUMINA (AL203), .07 % PHOSPHOROUS (P), AND .7 % SULFUR (S). A ROAD WAS CONSTRUCTED 19 KILOMETERS (KM) FROM INTER- STATE HIGHWAY TEN FOR MINE DEVELOPMENT. WATER IS OBTAINED FROM WELLS. THE FIRST WELL DRILLED, WAS 14 KM NORTHEAST OF THE MINE AT PINTO WELLS. ELECTRICAL POWER WAS BROUGHT IN FROM THE SOUTH, A DISTANCE OF EIGHT KM FROM THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT EAGLE MOUNTAIN PUMPING PLANT. AN 84 KM STANDARD-GUAGE RAILROAD LINE WAS BUILT DURING 1947-1948, BETWEEN THE MINE AND FERRUM, CALIFORNIA, A STATION ON THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, FIVE KM SOUTHEAST OF SALTON STATION. THE METASEDIMENTS ARE PROBABLY PALEOZOIC, AND POSSIBLY PRECAMBRIAN. THE ORE MINERALS ARE PROBABLY CRETACEOUS AND CERTAINLY MESOZOIC.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): AVERAGE ORE GRADE EST. AS 33.4% FE.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): MATRIX ONE IS A CUMULATIVE COMPOSIT MATRIX INDICATING ORE RESERVES, AND IS THE SUMMATION OF MATRICES TWO, THREE, AND SIX. MATRIX TWO REPRESENTS THE ESTIMATED RESERVES OF THE EAST PIT. MATRIX THREE REPRESENTS THE ESTIMATED RESERVES OUTSIDE THE EAST PIT. MATRIX SIX REPRESENTS THE PROVEN AND PROBABLE RESERVES PUBLISHED IN THE E & M J.

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References

Reference (Deposit): 175, NO. 11, 1974, PP. 153-154.

Reference (Deposit): 170,000 TPD OF ORE AND WASTE. ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., VOL.

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. EAGLE MOUNTAIN MOVES

Reference (Deposit): 1968, ILLUS., TABLE, PP. 1592-1606.

Reference (Deposit): PIT TO PREMIUM PELLET. ENG. AND MIN. JOUR. VOL. 168, NO.

Reference (Deposit): DROSSEL, MARGARET R. KAISER'S EAGLE MOUNTAIN PROJECT - FROM

Reference (Deposit): 19, 21-22.

Reference (Deposit): RESERVES. CANADIAN MINING MANUAL, 1962, ILLUS., PP. 17,

Reference (Deposit): COLL. MINES, 1967, ILLUS., P. E2-1 -- E2-13.

Reference (Deposit): AND EXPLORATION, 1962, V. 2, TUCSON, ARIZ. UNIV. ARIZONA

Reference (Deposit): EMATICAL TECHNIQUES AND COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN MINING

Reference (Deposit): RESERVES. IN COMPUTER SHORT COURSE AND SYMPOSIUM ON MATH-

Reference (Deposit): DAVIS, CARL E. ELECTRIC COMPUTATION OF EAGLE MOUNTAIN ORE

Reference (Deposit): 44, NO. 4, 1963, P. 862.

Reference (Deposit): NETIC HEMATITE DEPOSIT. AGS. AM. GEOPHYS. UNION TRANS., V.

Reference (Deposit): CAREY, WILLIAM W. MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF A MASSIVE MAG-

Reference (Deposit): STAFF. EAGLE MOUNTAINS IRON DISTRICT RIVERSIDE COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): ING SYSTEM HANDBOOK, BUMINES CONTRACT NO. J0255026.

Reference (Deposit): STRAAM ENGINEERS, INC. CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST ESTIMAT-

Reference (Deposit): COMPANIES. SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, JULY 1978, PP. 8-9.

Reference (Deposit): PP. 14-19.

Reference (Deposit): SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW. 1977 IRON ORE SHIPMENTS OF

Reference (Deposit): AIN IRON ORE MINE. SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW. JAN. 15, 1972

Reference (Deposit): SKILLINGS, DAVID N., JR. KAISER STEEL CORP.'S EAGLE MOUNT-

Reference (Deposit): JOUR. VOL. 179, NO. 5, 1978, PP. 90-93.

Reference (Deposit): HEAT RECOUP SYSTEM AND SELF-FLUXING PELLETS. ENG. AND MIN

Reference (Deposit): SISSELMAN, ROBERT. CHILE'S FIRST PELLET PLANT INCORPORATES

Reference (Deposit): 10, NO. 3, 1978, P. 142.

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA. ABSTR. GEOL. SOC. AM. ABSR. PROGRAMS. VOL.

Reference (Deposit): PORTION OF THE EASTERN TRANSVERSE RANGES, RIVERSIDE COUNTY

Reference (Deposit): 479-483.

Reference (Deposit): POWELL, R.E. AND L. T. SILVER. CRYSTALLINE ROCKS OF A

Reference (Deposit): WESTERN STEEL NEEDS. A.I.M.E. MIN. ENG., MAY 1953, PP.

Reference (Deposit): MINER. INFORM. SERV., VOL. 1, NO. 12, 1948, PP. 1-8.

Reference (Deposit): INDUSTRY OF CALIFORNIA. CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL.,

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA STATE DIVISION OF MINES. MINERAL RESOURCES AND

Reference (Deposit): 13, 1973, ILLUS. (INCLU. SKETCH MAPS), P. 436-445.

Reference (Deposit): OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 187, 1966, P. 31 & 51.

Reference (Deposit): VER PLANCK, WILLIAM E. QUARTZITE IN CALIFORNIA. CALIF. DIV.

Reference (Deposit): BUMINES IC. 7735, 1956, 25 PP.

Reference (Deposit): CORP. EAGLE MOUNTAIN IRON MINE RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIF.

Reference (Deposit): TRENGOVE, R. R. METHODS AND OPERATIONS AT THE KAISER STEEL

Reference (Deposit): CALIF. BUMINES WAR MINERALS REPORT. 97, 1943, 44 PP.

Reference (Deposit): AM. INST. MINING METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS,

Reference (Deposit): STATES, 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES VOLUME), V. 2, NEW YORK,

Reference (Deposit): EAGLE MOUNTAIN MINE AREA. IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED

Reference (Deposit): 6, 1967, PP. 101-122.

Reference (Deposit): DUBOIS, ROBERT L. AND RICHARD W. BRUMMETT. GEOLOGY OF THE

Reference (Deposit): POWELL, KENNETH B. EAGLE MOUNTAIN HELPS KAISER MEET GROWING

Reference (Deposit): THESIS.

Reference (Deposit): EASTERN, CALIF., 1973, U. OF C. @ SANTA BARBARA P.H.D.

Reference (Deposit): PELKA, GARY J. GEOLOGY OF THE MCCOY AND PALEN MTNS. SOUTH

Reference (Deposit): 60, NO. 3, MARCH 1974, PP. 22-26.

Reference (Deposit): KAISER'S EAGLE MOUNTAIN MINE. MINING CONGRESS JOUR. VOL.

Reference (Deposit): OLSON, EMMETT K. TRUCK SERVICING AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM AT

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA, 1967, MASTER'S PENN. STATE.

Reference (Deposit): QUARTZ MONZONITE PLUTON, EAGLE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE,

Reference (Deposit): NOVAK, G. A. PETROGRAPHY AND MINERALOGY OF A 'RAPAKIVI'

Reference (Deposit): CEEDINGS, STANFORD UNIV. PUBL., GEOL. SCI., (SSGEAS), VOL.

Reference (Deposit): TECTONIC PROBLEMS OF THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT SYSTEM, PRO-

Reference (Deposit): EXPLOSIONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. IN CONFERENCE ON

Reference (Deposit): TEMPORAL CHANGES IN SEISMIC VELOCITIES USING LARGE

Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, CLARENCE R. AND DONALD V. HELMBERGER. SEARCH FOR

Reference (Deposit): PROC., NO. 12, VOL. II, 1974, PP. H59-H71.

Reference (Deposit): MOUNTAIN. INT. SYMP. APPL. COMPUT. MATH. MINER. IND.,

Reference (Deposit): DETERMINING ORE RESERVES AND STRIPPING RATIOS AT EAGLE

Reference (Deposit): WICK, DAVID E. AND EDWARD M. SUNMOO. COMPUTER USE IN

Reference (Deposit): MINERAL PROCESSING FEBRUARY 1968, PP. 8-30.

Reference (Deposit): MINERALS PROCESSING. IRON ORE PELLETIZING AT EAGLE MOUNTAIN.

Reference (Deposit): ORE. MINING ENG. V. 29, NO. 10, OCT. 1977, 13 PP.

Reference (Deposit): MINING ENGINEERING EAGLE MOUNTAIN SHIPS 100 MILLION TONS OF

Reference (Deposit): BUMINES PRELIMINARY R.I., CIRCA 1941, 20 PP.

Reference (Deposit): THE EAGLE MOUNTAINS IRON DISTRICT RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIF.

Reference (Deposit): MCMILLAN, W.D. AND GEORGE H. HOLMES, JR. INVESTIGATIONS OF

Reference (Deposit): STOCKHOLDERS, APRIL 20, 1977, PP. 41-42.

Reference (Deposit): KAISER INDUSTRIES CORPORATION NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING OF

Reference (Deposit): 1953 PP. 80-86.

Reference (Deposit): AIN IRON MINE. ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., VOL. 154, NO. 5,

Reference (Deposit): MAP, 116 PP.

Reference (Deposit): HUSEMAN, G.W. KAISER STEPPING UP PRODUCTION AT EAGLE MOUNT-

Reference (Deposit): THESIS ALSO IN U.S.G.S. PP. 650-D, 1968, INCLUDES GEOLOGIC

Reference (Deposit): TRANSVERSE RANGES, SOUTHERN CALIF. U.C.L.A. P.H.D.

Reference (Deposit): HOPE, ROGER. GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURAL SETTING OF THE EASTERN

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA. U. S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 503, 1912, 81 PP.

Reference (Deposit): HARDER, EDMUND C. IRON-ORE DEPOSITS OF THE EAGLE MOUNTAINS,

Reference (Deposit): FILE REPORT, AUG. 1942, 33 PP.

Reference (Deposit): AINS RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. U. S. GEOL. SURV. OPEN

Reference (Deposit): HADLEY, JARVIS B. IRON DEPOSITS IN PART OF THE EAGLE MOUNT-

Reference (Deposit): BULL. 129, 1945, 16 PP.

Reference (Deposit): RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA. CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOL.

Reference (Deposit): THE EAGLE MOUNTAINS RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. IN IRON

Reference (Deposit): AND MIN. JOUR., 1977, PP. 171-172.

Reference (Deposit): HADLEY, JARVIS B. IRON ORE DEPOSITS IN THE EASTERN PART OF

Reference (Deposit): MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS PUB. BY ENG.

Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF

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