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Cave Canyon

Occurrence in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Iron, Copper
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095280
MRDS ID M024268
Record type Site
Current site name Cave Canyon
Alternate or previous names Basin, Baxter
Related records 10212584

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.3078, 35.05251 (WGS84)
Elevation 434
Relative position 1/2 MILE NORTH OF BASIN (FORMERLY BAXTER)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cave Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(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 San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 011N 006E 11 California

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4; UTM ACCT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Gypsum Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Malachite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Anticlinally Folded Rocks.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 68.58M
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Low-Angle Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner California Portland Cement Co

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 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.

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL PIT AND 20 PERCUSSION DRILL HOLES 15-90 FT. DEEP EXPLORE AN AREA OF 45,000 SQ. FT.: 11 HOLES PENTRATED ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 1964: SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., VOL, III, P. 132

  • Deposit

    LAMEY, C.A., 1948: CAVE CANYON IRON-ORE DEPOSITS, SAN BERNARDINO, CA.; DIV. OF MINES BULL. 129, P. 71-83.

  • Reserve-Resource

    S.P. LAND CO., 1964

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PRINCIPAL ORE ZONES
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

Reporter information

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

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