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New Bessemer

Past Producer in San Bernardino 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036184
MRDS ID M024243
Record type Site
Current site name New Bessemer
Alternate or previous names Alarm
Related records 10285577

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.51586, 34.5603 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USMC(Federal land areas administered by USMC)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 005N;006N 004E;004E 01;36 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Galway Dry Lake Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 1964: SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., VOL. III, P. 130

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A. ET AL, 1953: MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES SAN BERNARDINO; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49, NOS. 1&2, P. 64

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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