The Iron Mountain is a iron mine located in San Bernardino county, California.
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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
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Iron Mountain MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Mountain
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Silverlake
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Kaiser Steel Corp.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metasomatic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES EXPLORED WITH 12 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES, WHICH LED TO THE CONSERVATIVE FIGURE IN THE TABLES.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHALLOW SHAFTS AND SHORT TUNNELS
Comment (Geology): IN VICINITY OF THE DEPOSITS THE BRECCIA EXISTS AS A CAPPING UPON TERTIARY SANDSTONE AND SHOWS THICKNESSES NO GREATER THAN 200 FT. IN GENERAL THE BRECCIA DIPS GENTLY EASTWARD.
Comment (Deposit): THE DEPOSITS REMAIN LARGELY UNWORKED BECAUSE OF THEIR REMOTENESS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): NUMEROUS LENSES
References
Reference (Deposit): LAMEY, C.A., 1948: IRON MOUNTAIN, IRON KING IRON-ORE DEPOSITS, SILVER-LAKE DISTRICT, SAN BERNARDINO, CA.; DIV. OF MINES BULL. 129, P. 39-58
Reference (Deposit): WRIGHT, L.A. ET AL 1953; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES SAN BERNARDINO; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 96-97
Reference (Reserve-Resource): WRIGHT, L.A., ET AL., P.97
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