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Palen Mountain

Occurrence in Riverside 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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095276
MRDS ID M024228
Record type Site
Current site name Palen Mountain
Alternate or previous names Iron Cap, Iron King No. 1 & No. 2
Related records 10140153

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.10137, 33.72422 (WGS84)
Relative position 15 MILES NORTH OF HWY. 60 AND 30 MILES NW OF BLYTHE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ford Dry Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eagle Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 005S 018E 22 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result REPORTED 70 % FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.10137, 33.72422
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike EAST
    Dip 60S
    Length 91.44M
    Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jack O'Connell, And C.J. Hill

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1945: MINERAL RESOURCES RIVERSIDE COUNTY: CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41 NO. 3, DIV. OF MINES, P. 146

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 MILES WEST IS ANOTHER EXPOSURE 20 FT. WIDE AND 200 FT. IN LENGTH.

Reporter information

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

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