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Eagle Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Riverside 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10064461
MRDS ID TC38838
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Mountain Mine
Alternate or previous names Iron Chief Mine ?

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.54249, 33.88337 (WGS84)
Relative position 14 MILES NW OF DESERT CENTER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Placer Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Eagle Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(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 Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 003S 013E; 014E 23,24,25;27,28,29,30 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED FOR BALLAST.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BANDS, LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • LARGE PRODUCER, UNKNOWN ACTIVITY. 21,600,000 TONS FROM THREE DEPOSITS.

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS TUNNELS 75 -200 FT; OPEN CUTS UP TO 100 FT LONG, 40 FT DEEP. EXTENSIVE TRENCHING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1945, MINERAL RESOURCES OF RIVERSIDE COUNTY; CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 41, NO. 3, P. 145-6

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE REPLACED BEDS OF DOLOMITE, OCCURS IN BEDS AND LENSES. ORE 50% FE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1993 Unkefer, Jason U.S. Geological Survey

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