Eagle Mtn Iron Mine

The Eagle Mtn Iron Mine is a iron mine located in Riverside county, California at an elevation of 2,001 feet.

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Site Name

Primary: Eagle Mtn Iron Mine
Secondary: Kaiser Steel Corp.

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: California
County: Riverside
District: Eagle Mountains Iron Ore

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

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Kaiser Steel Corp.

Owner Name: Kaiser Steel Corp.
Years: 1979 -

Production

Year: 1976
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^With 31,897,400 Tons Waste Stripped
Year: 1975
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^With 38,081,200 Tons Waste Stripped
Year: 1974
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^With 48,286,881 Tons Waste Stripped
Year: 1977
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^With 36,172,000 Tons Waste Stripped

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1948
Discovery Year: 1895
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: IRREGULAR

Structure

Type: R
Description: East-West Trending Anticline

Type: L
Description: Nw Striking Faults

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation And Hydrothermal Alteration

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Tremolite
Gangue: Serpentine

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1890'S

Comment (Reserve-Resource): 1978, ENG. AND MNG. JOUR., P. 168 (1-2).

Comment (Commodity): ORE GRADE: 35% FE.

Comment (Location): THE MINE LIES SE OF THE JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL MONUMENT.

Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT MINING

References

Reference (Deposit): 1978, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS. NEW YORK: MCGRAW HILL MINING INFORMATION SERVICES, P. 168.

Reference (Deposit): 1978, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL OPERATING HANDBOOK OF SURFACE MINING, VOL. 2. NEW YORK: MCRAW-HILL INC., P. 314.

Reference (Deposit): HUDLEY, J.B., 1948, IRON ORE DEPOSITS IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE EAGLE MOUNTAINS, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 129, PP. 1-15.

Reference (Deposit): DUBOIS, R.L., AND BRUMMETT, R.W., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE EAGLE MOUNTAIN AREA, IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES. NEW YORK: THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., PP. 1592-1606.

Reference (Production): (15)DUBOIS AND BRUMMETT, 1968, P. 1596. (1-4) WORLD MINING DEVELOPMENTS 1979-1980, P. 417.

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