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Amboy Iron Deposits

Occurrence 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036194
MRDS ID M024256
Record type Site
Current site name Amboy Iron Deposits
Related records 10212757

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.76278, 34.61863 (WGS84)
Relative position SOUTHWESTERN SLOPE OF BRISTOL MTNS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Amboy Crater(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Amboy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 006N 012E 07,18 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.76278, 34.61863
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N80W
    Dip STEEPLY SOUTH
    Length 609.6M
    Width 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Coon Pulos

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FEW THOUSAND TONS OF LOW GRADE ORE WAS STOCKPILED-NO ORE WAS SHIPPED.

Comments on the workings information

  • LILLIAN DEPOSIT: 10 FT. SHAFT AND SHALLOW CUTS. MAGNETITE DEPOSITS TWO SMALL CUTS. LOWER DEPOSIT: OPEN CUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A., ET AL 1953: MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES SAN BERNARDINO; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 87-90

  • Reserve-Resource

    WRIGHT, L.A. ET AL, 1953, P. 90

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INCLUDES 3 CLAIMS: LILLIAN DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SMALL LENSES OF HEMATITE IN LIMESTONE. MAGNETITE DEPOSIT LOCATED 3000 FT. FARTHER EAST IS A MAGNETITE-HEMATITE VEIN. TOWER DEPOSIT: 1200 TO 1500 FT. SE OF MAGNETITE DEPOSIT IS OFF A BRECCIATED LENS HEMATITE IN LIMESTONE, SIZE OF LENS IS 75 FT. BY 250 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Fraticelli, L. A. (Albers, J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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