Old Dad Mountain Deposit

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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10262478
MRDS ID W017809
MAS/MILS ID 0060710224
Record type Site
Current site name Old Dad Mountain Deposit
Alternate or previous names Reat, Old Dad Mountain, Old Dad Deposit, Riet
Related records 10072452

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -115.87445, 35.12751 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
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

Indian Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ivanpah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(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 012 N 010 E 13 NENW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -115.87445, 35.12751

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, P. 68.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 275, 1956, P. 158-159.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MOJAVE NATIONAL SCENIC AREA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA: TABLE 2, NO. 369, P. 140.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-91 Rains, Richard 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.