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Iron Chief Mine

Past Producer in Riverside county in California, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10099485
MRDS ID TC38817
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Chief Mine
Related records 10261837

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.5311, 33.87948 (WGS84)
Relative position 20 MILES NE OF COTTONWOOD SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placer Canyon(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 003S 013E 27 California

Comments on the location information

  • ALEGRIAS IS THE NEAREST LOCALITY.
  • EAGLE MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.5311, 33.87948
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70W
    Dip 45N
    Width 2.44M
    Depth to bottom 42.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • $150,000 AU (1945).

Comments on the workings information

  • VERTICAL SHAFT 140 FT DEEP AND A 500 FT CROSSCUT TUNNEL INTERSECTING AT THE 100 FT LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MINES ABANDONED AS OF 1980.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OCCURS ON CONTACT OF QUARTZ DIORITE AND LIMESTONE, ALONG CONTACT IS FE GASSAN CONTAINING HEMATITE AND QUARTZ CONTAINING $10 AU/TON.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1993 Unkefer, Jason U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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