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Iron Mountain Nos. 1 and 2

Occurrence in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036143
MRDS ID M024199
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Mountain Nos. 1 and 2
Alternate or previous names Mount Breckenridge
Related records 10211866

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.66203, 35.43748 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE SOUTH OF HOOSIER FLAT, 4 MILES WEST OF BREKENRIDGE MT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Adelaide(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tehachapi(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bakersfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kern-Upper Tehachapi-Grapevine(hydrologic unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Tulare-Buena Vista Lakes(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029S 031E 04 NW California

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4; UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.66203, 35.43748
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 45 SE
    Width 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. Lutz

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TROXEL, B.W. AND MORTON, P.K., 1962; MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES KERN COUNTY, COUNTY REPT. 1; CA. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY, P. 210

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. 1929; 25TH REPT. STATE MINERALOGIST.; CA. STATE MIN. BUR., P. 56

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HEMATITE-RICH MICACEOUS SCHIST FROM 10 TO 200 FT. WIDE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Editor 14-MAR-1994 Mosier, D.L. U.S. Geological Survey CORRECTED LAT.-LONG., UTM ZONE, SEC. FRACTION.
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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