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Beck Deposits

Producer in San Bernardino 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Reserves and resources
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10262700
MRDS ID M024282
MAS/MILS ID 0060710209
Record type Site
Current site name Beck Deposits
Alternate or previous names Beck Mine, Kingston Iron Deposit, Iron Gossam, Kingston Range
Related records 10036214, 10281179

Comments on the site names

  • OTHER NAMES: KINGSTON, KINGSTON MTNS.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.93585, 35.78469 (WGS84)
Elevation 1350
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

Horse Thief Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mesquite Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kingman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 020 N 010 E 31 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Serpentine Unknown
Tremolite Unknown
Wollastonite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.93585, 35.78469
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 70E
    Thickness 152M
    Length 366M
    Width 29M
    Depth to top 76M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. MODERATE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SERICITIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 CARBONATE SILIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #3 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N50W:70E
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 227HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 227
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Year of first production 1971

Mining district

District name Kingston District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented
Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner The Standard Slag Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Ohio
    Year 1981
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Standard Industrial Minerals, Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Ohio
    Year 1990

Production statistics

  • Year 1971
    Description Iron Concentrates 40 Percent Fe. 204508 Tonnes Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Iron Iron 204508mt 40wt-pct
  • Year 1972
    Description Iron Concentrates 40 Percent Fe. 719829 Tonnes Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Iron Iron 719829mt 40wt-pct
  • Year 1973
    Description Iron Concentrates 40 Percent Fe. 625444 Tonnes Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Iron Iron 625444mt 40wt-pct
  • Year 1973
    Description Direct Shipping Ore 56.9 Percent Fe. 30864 Tonnes Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Iron Iron 30864mt 57wt-pct
  • Year 1974
    Description Direct Shipping Ore 57.0 Percent Fe. 25561 Tonnes Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Iron Iron 25561mt 57wt-pct
  • Year 1974
    Description Iron Concentrates 56.9 Percent Fe. 380646 Tonnes Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Iron Iron 380646mt 57wt-pct
  • Year 1975
    Description Mining Operation Terminated In 1974
  • Year 1976
    Description Direct Shipping Ore 50 Percent Fe. 5385 Tonnes Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Iron Iron 5385mt 50wt-pct
  • Year 1976
    Description Iron Concentrates 40 Percent Fe. 48332 Tonnes Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Iron Iron 48332mt 40wt-pct
  • Year 1977
    Description Iron Concentrates 56.9 Percent Fe. 1585 Tonnes Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Iron Iron 1585mt 57wt-pct
  • Year 1978
    Description Iron Concentrates 57 Percent Fe. 10567 Tonnes Per Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Iron Iron 10567mt 57wt-pct

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1944
    Indicated 5102000mt ore
    Demonstrated 5102000mt ore
    Inferred 1415000mt ore
    Total resources 6517000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 56.4 wt-pct Iron Major 1944

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX ONE INDICATES THE RESOURCES FOR THE ENTIRE DEPOSIT. PRODUCTION HAS BEEN 2,054,000 TONNES (T). ORIGINAL RESERVE ESTIMATES WERE 5,021,000 T OF DEMONSTRATED AND 6,414,000 T OF IDENTIFIED.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 48HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .45
    Percent Waste Rock 71.4
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 10
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Percentage 50
    Secondary Material Cover HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 25
    Tertiary Material Cover HARD ROCKS
    Percentage 25
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 6
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 83
    Capacity 2200
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 87
    Unit Production Cost 9.21
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, P. 90-91.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 36-86, 1986, P. 16-18.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OEPN-FILE REPORT 85-15, 1985,

  • Deposit

    NO. 14, PLATES 6B AND 7.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PULBICATION 103, 1990,

  • Deposit

    P.

  • Deposit

    BUTNER, D. W. KINGSTON IRON DEPOSIT. U. S. BUMINES WAR

  • Deposit

    MINERALS REPORT. 1944, 10 PG.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. BECK MINE - A SMALL CALIF-

  • Deposit

    ORNIA OPERATION. ENG. AND MIN. JOUR. VOL. 175, NO. 11,

  • Deposit

    1974, P. 154.

  • Deposit

    ---------. INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL

  • Deposit

    PROCESSING OPERATIONS. PUB. BY ENG. AND MIN. JOUR., 1977,

  • Deposit

    P. 174.

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, D. F. IRON DEPOSITS OF THE KINGSTON RANGE, SAN

  • Deposit

    BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. CALIF. DIV. OF MINES AND

  • Deposit

    GEOL. BULL. 129, PART M, 1948, PP. 194-206.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS, DAVID N., JR. THE STANDARD SLAG CO. SKILLINGS

  • Deposit

    MINING REVIEW, JAN. 20, 1973, PP. 11-15.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW. STANDARD SLAG CO. DEVELOPS NEW

  • Deposit

    IRON ORE MINE IN CALIFORNIA. SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW,

  • Deposit

    NOV. 1971, P. 14.

  • Deposit

    ---------. STANDARD SLAG SHIPS FIRST ORE FROM BECK PRO-

  • Deposit

    PERTY. SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW, JAN. 8, 1972, P. 22.

  • Deposit

    STRAAM ENGINEERS, INC. CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST ESTIMAT-

  • Deposit

    ING SYSTEM HANDBOOK, BUMINES CONTRACT NO. JO255026

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ROAD TO CIMA WAS IMPROVED FOR 77 KILOMETERS (KM) FOR MINE DEVELOPMENT. WATER IS OBTAINED FROM A WELL 19 KM FROM THE MINE. AN EXISTING POWER LINE WAS EXTENDED 16 KM TO THE SITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-OCT-1996 Mcmahan U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusActive since 02/01/2018
MSHA mine ID0405815
Mine name (MSHA)Beck Mine
Current operatorU.S. Iron, LLC.
Current controller (parent)Carissa Miller; Mark Miller
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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