The Cave Canyon is a iron mine located in San Bernardino county, California at an elevation of 1,424 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: 1,424 Feet (434 Meters)
Commodity: Iron
Lat, Long: 35.0525, -116.30694
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Cave Canyon MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cave Canyon
Secondary: Basin
Secondary: Baxter
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: California Portland Cement Co
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: 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
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: L
Description: Anticlinally Folded Rocks.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Hematite
Gangue: Limonite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Malachite
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4; UTM ACCT.
Comment (Deposit): TWO PRINCIPAL ORE ZONES
Comment (Workings): SMALL PIT AND 20 PERCUSSION DRILL HOLES 15-90 FT. DEEP EXPLORE AN AREA OF 45,000 SQ. FT.: 11 HOLES PENTRATED ORE
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MAGNETOMETER SURVEY AND INCOMPLETE DRILLING INFERRED THE RESERVES OVER A 100,000 SQ. FT. AREA. THE 82,500 LONG TONS IS ESTIMATED FROM THE 11 DRILL HOLES WHICH PENETRATED ORE. THIS DEPOSIT WARRENTS FURTHER EXPLORATION.
Comment (Deposit): NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE: TWO FACTORS DETRIMENTAL TO MINING THESE DEPOSITS 1) LARGE AMOUNT OF WASTE ROCK 25-50%, 2) SHATTERED CHARACTER OF THE ORE AND ROCK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 1964: SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., VOL, III, P. 132
Reference (Deposit): LAMEY, C.A., 1948: CAVE CANYON IRON-ORE DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO, CA.; DIV. OF MINES BULL. 129, P. 71-83.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): S.P. LAND CO., 1964
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