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Tiefort Mountains

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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036209
MRDS ID M024275
Record type Site
Current site name Tiefort Mountains
Alternate or previous names Bicycle Lake
Related records 10164877

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.54447, 35.28 (WGS84)
Relative position WITHIN CAMP IRWIN ARMY RESERVATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tiefort Mountains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(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

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 014N 004E 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • PROJECTED: UTM EST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE BY KAISER CORP. 68.20% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.54447, 35.28
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 60SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John H. Whitlock And Donald H. Frye

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 4.57M

Comments on the workings information

  • 15 FT. SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A., ET AL, 1953; MINERAL RESOURCES SAN BERNARDINO, CA.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P 69 (TABULATED LIST OF MINES)

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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