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Morris Lode

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036183
MRDS ID M024242
Record type Site
Current site name Morris Lode
Alternate or previous names Van Buren Group
Related records 10188508

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.50503, 34.53585 (WGS84)
Relative position 30 AIRLINE MILES SE OF DAGGETT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iron Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 005N;005N 004E;005E 12;07 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVG. 37.32 % FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.50503, 34.53585
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kaiser Steel Corp.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1944-1945 MAGNETIC ANOMALY TESTED BY 9 DRILL HOLES, 8 HOLES PENETRATED INDICATED THICKNESS OF MAGNETITE FROM 87-921 FT., AVG. 37.32 % FE.

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS AND ONE 55 FT. SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, 1964: SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., VOL. III, P. 130

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A., ET. AL., 1953: MINERAL RESOURCES SAN BERNARDINO CO., CA: CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 49, NOS. 1&2, P. 97-98.

  • Reserve-Resource

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., P. 130

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DRILL HOLES PENETRATED ORE ZONES RANGING IN INDICATED THICKNESSES FROM 87 TO 921 FT.

Reporter information

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

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