Iron Master

Occurrence in San Diego county in California, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036218
MRDS ID M024286
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Master
Related records 10238035

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.85113, 32.86839 (WGS84)
Relative position 6 MILES EAST OF LAKESIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Diego(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alpine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

El Cajon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Diego(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Diego(hydrologic unit)

Laguna-San Diego Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Diego

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 015S 001E 23 California

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION QUESTIONABLE: UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.85113, 32.86839

Economic information

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 Dr. M. C. Harding

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO FEET OF ORE EXPOSED IN ONE PROSPECT HOLE SHALLOW DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EGENHOFF, E.L., 1948; BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE IRON-ORE RESOURCES OF CA.; IRON RESOURCES OF CA. BULL. 129; DIV. OF MINES, P. 292

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND REED, C.H., 1939; MINERAL RESOURCES SAN DIEGO; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 35, NO. 1, P. 29.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXTENT OF DEPOSIT NOT FULLY EXPLORED. NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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