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Minarets Iron Deposit

Prospect in Madera 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. 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 10163319
MRDS ID W017805
MAS/MILS ID 0060390541
Record type Site
Current site name Minarets Iron Deposit
Alternate or previous names Iron Mountain Prospects, Minarets Magnetite Prospect, Magnetic Iron Mine Claim, Woods Iron Mine Claims
Related records 10072450

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -119.18176, 37.60823 (WGS84)
Elevation 3185
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madera(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cattle Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yosemite Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mariposa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper San Joaquin(hydrologic unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Joaquin(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sierra National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Ansel Adams Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Madera

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 004 S 026 E 07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1883

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1516-D, 1982, P. 134-138.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-MAY-1993 Thurber U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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