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Cornfield Springs Consolidated Mine

The Cornfield Springs Consolidated Mine is a iron mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 3,320 feet.

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: Cornfield Springs Consolidated Mine

State:  California

County:  San Bernardino

Elevation: 3,320 Feet (1,012 Meters)

Commodity: Iron

Lat, Long: 34.9708, -115.57940

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Cornfield Springs Consolidated Mine MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Cornfield Springs Consolidated Mine
Secondary: Cornfield Springs Consolidated Min

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: California
County: San Bernardino

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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.

Holdings

Type: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

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

Not available

Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): MLA 47-86, NO. 121. APPENDIX B. P. 292.

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT

Reference (Deposit): PROVIDENCE MOUNTAINS STUDY AREA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY,

Reference (Deposit): MOYLE, P. R., AND OTHERS, 1986, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE

Reference (Deposit): HAZZARD, J. C., 1954, ROCKS AND STRUCTURE OF THE NORTHERN

Reference (Deposit): IN JAHNS, R. H., ED., GEOLOGY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA:

Reference (Deposit): PROVIDENCE MOUNTAINS, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA,

Reference (Deposit): REGION: ENGINERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 87, P. 785-788.

Reference (Deposit): JONES, C. C., 1909, AN IRON DEPOSIT IN THE CALIFORNIA DESERT

Reference (Deposit): P. 10-13.

Reference (Deposit): DEPARTMENT, VOL. 3, NORTH PACIFIC DIVISION, APPENDIX E-5,

Reference (Deposit): COAST IRON INDUSTRY: CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U.S. ARMY, WAR

Reference (Deposit): BULLETIN 871, 197 P.

Reference (Deposit): HODGE, E. T., 1935, AVAILABLE RAW MATERIALS FOR THE PACIFIC

Reference (Deposit): OF THE REGION AROUND BOULDER DAM: U.S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Reference (Deposit): RUBEY, W. W., AND CHALLER, W. T., 1936, MINERAL RESOURCES

Reference (Deposit): P. 27-35, MAP SHEETS.

Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D. F., CALLAGHAN, EUGENE, MOORE, B. N., NOLAN, T.B.,

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINE BULLETIN 170, CHAPTER 4,

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