The Beck Mine is a iron mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 4,429 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: 4,429 Feet (1,350 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 35.7847, -115.93500
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Beck Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Beck Mine
Secondary: Kingston Iron Deposit
Secondary: Iron Gossam
Secondary: Kingston Range
Secondary: Beck Deposits
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Kingston District
Land Status
Land ownership: Mixed
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: Fee Ownership
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Standard Industrial Minerals, Inc.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Ohio
Info Year: 1990
Owner Name: The Standard Slag Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Ohio
Info Year: 1981
Production
Year: 1977
Description: Iron Concentrates 56.9 Percent Fe. 1585 Tonnes Per Year
Year: 1976
Description: Direct Shipping Ore 50 Percent Fe. 5385 Tonnes Per Year
Year: 1976
Description: Iron Concentrates 40 Percent Fe. 48332 Tonnes Per Year
Year: 1978
Description: Iron Concentrates 57 Percent Fe. 10567 Tonnes Per Year
Year: 1975
Description: Mining Operation Terminated In 1974
Year: 1973
Description: Iron Concentrates 40 Percent Fe. 625444 Tonnes Per Year
Year: 1972
Description: Iron Concentrates 40 Percent Fe. 719829 Tonnes Per Year
Year: 1971
Description: Iron Concentrates 40 Percent Fe. 204508 Tonnes Per Year
Year: 1974
Description: Direct Shipping Ore 57.0 Percent Fe. 25561 Tonnes Per Year
Year: 1974
Description: Iron Concentrates 56.9 Percent Fe. 380646 Tonnes Per Year
Year: 1973
Description: Direct Shipping Ore 56.9 Percent Fe. 30864 Tonnes Per Year
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1971
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Epidote
Unknown: Wollastonite
Unknown: Tremolite
Unknown: Serpentine
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Magnetite
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Pyroxene
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE ROAD TO CIMA WAS IMPROVED FOR 77 KILOMETERS (KM) FOR MINE DEVELOPMENT. WATER IS OBTAINED FROM A WELL 19 KM FROM THE MINE. AN EXISTING POWER LINE WAS EXTENDED 16 KM TO THE SITE.
Comment (Names): OTHER NAMES: KINGSTON, KINGSTON MTNS.
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MATRIX ONE INDICATES THE RESOURCES FOR THE ENTIRE DEPOSIT. PRODUCTION HAS BEEN 2,054,000 TONNES (T). ORIGINAL RESERVE ESTIMATES WERE 5,021,000 T OF DEMONSTRATED AND 6,414,000 T OF IDENTIFIED.
References
Reference (Deposit): ---------. STANDARD SLAG SHIPS FIRST ORE FROM BECK PRO-
Reference (Deposit): PERTY. SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, JAN. 8, 1972, P. 22.
Reference (Deposit): STRAAM ENGINEERS, INC. CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST ESTIMAT-
Reference (Deposit): ING SYSTEM HANDBOOK, BUMINES CONTRACT NO. JO255026
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, P. 90-91.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 36-86, 1986, P. 16-18.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OEPN-FILE REPORT 85-15, 1985,
Reference (Deposit): NO. 14, PLATES 6B AND 7.
Reference (Deposit): CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PULBICATION 103, 1990,
Reference (Deposit): P.
Reference (Deposit): BUTNER, D. W. KINGSTON IRON DEPOSIT. U. S. BUMINES WAR
Reference (Deposit): MINERALS REPORT. 1944, 10 PG.
Reference (Deposit): ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. BECK MINE - A SMALL CALIF-
Reference (Deposit): ORNIA OPERATION. ENG. AND MIN. JOUR. VOL. 175, NO. 11,
Reference (Deposit): 1974, P. 154.
Reference (Deposit): ---------. INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL
Reference (Deposit): PROCESSING OPERATIONS. PUB. BY ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., 1977,
Reference (Deposit): P. 174.
Reference (Deposit): HEWETT, D. F. IRON DEPOSITS OF THE KINGSTON RANGE, SAN
Reference (Deposit): BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND
Reference (Deposit): GEOL. BULL. 129, PART M, 1948, PP. 194-206.
Reference (Deposit): IRON ORE MINE IN CALIFORNIA. SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW,
Reference (Deposit): NOV. 1971, P. 14.
Reference (Deposit): SKILLINGS, DAVID N., JR. THE STANDARD SLAG CO. SKILLINGS
Reference (Deposit): MINING REVIEW, JAN. 20, 1973, PP. 11-15.
Reference (Deposit): SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW. STANDARD SLAG CO. DEVELOPS NEW
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