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Iron Mountain Group

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10139536
MAS/MILS ID 0060390244
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Mountain Group
Alternate or previous names Minarets Iron Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -119.17876, 37.61073 (WGS84)
Elevation 3159
Location accuracy 500(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 025 E 01 California

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT ALSO OCCURS IN SEC. 7, T. 4 S., R. 46 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 46, 1950, P. 476.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1516-D, 1982, P. 105, 106, 134-

  • Deposit

    138.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-MAY-1993 Miller 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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