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Eagle Mtn Iron Mine

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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077141
MRDS ID W024589
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Mtn Iron Mine
Alternate or previous names Kaiser Steel Corp.
Related records 10189008

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.5211, 33.86476 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Relative position 180 MI E OF LOS ANGELES, 60 MI E OF INDIO IN THE COLORADO DESERT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buzzard Spring(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)

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 Riverside

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 003S 014E 33 California

Comments on the location information

  • THE MINE LIES SE OF THE JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL MONUMENT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE GRADE: 35% FE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Serpentine Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation And Hydrothermal Alteration

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.5211, 33.86476
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description East-West Trending Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw Striking Faults

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 80 W
    Dip 45N
    Thickness 121.92M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1895
Discoverer Dofflemeyer Brothers
Year of first production 1948

Mining district

District name Eagle Mountains Iron Ore

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kaiser Steel Corp.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Kaiser Steel Corp.
    First year 1979

Production statistics

  • Year 1974
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^With 48,286,881 Tons Waste Stripped
  • Year 1975
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^With 38,081,200 Tons Waste Stripped
  • Year 1976
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^With 31,897,400 Tons Waste Stripped
  • Year 1977
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^With 36,172,000 Tons Waste Stripped

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1978
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 35 wt-pct Iron Major 1978

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1978, ENG. AND MNG. JOUR., P. 168 (1-2).

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT MINING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1978, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS. NEW YORK: MCGRAW HILL MINING INFORMATION SERVICES, P. 168.

  • Deposit

    1978, ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL OPERATING HANDBOOK OF SURFACE MINING, VOL. 2. NEW YORK: MCRAW-HILL INC., P. 314.

  • Deposit

    HUDLEY, J.B., 1948, IRON ORE DEPOSITS IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE EAGLE MOUNTAINS, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 129, PP. 1-15.

  • Deposit

    DUBOIS, R.L., AND BRUMMETT, R.W., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE EAGLE MOUNTAIN AREA, IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES. NEW YORK: THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., PP. 1592-1606.

  • Production

    (15)DUBOIS AND BRUMMETT, 1968, P. 1596. (1-4) WORLD MINING DEVELOPMENTS 1979-1980, P. 417.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1890'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1981 Zigler, Jan L. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey

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