The Cornfield Springs Consolidated Mine is a iron mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 3,320 feet.
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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
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
Not available
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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