Iron Occurrence

Occurrence in San Bernardino 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10116940
MRDS ID M024260
MAS/MILS ID 0060711532
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Occurrence
Related records 10036198

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.67524, 34.80862 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bighorn Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Amboy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(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

Mojave National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 008 N 012 E 08 SW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.67524, 34.80862

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GAMBLE, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF T8N, R11-12E,

  • Deposit

    (SBBM), SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. REPORT, 1959, P. 2.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. III

  • Deposit

    - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: P. 133.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1990, MINERALS INVESTIGATION OF THE EAST

  • Deposit

    MOJAVE SCENIC AREA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA:

  • Deposit

    TABLE 2, NO. 692, P. 222.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-91 McHugh, Edward L. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.