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Ship Mountain

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103519
MRDS ID M024249
Record type Site
Current site name Ship Mountain
Related records 10285705

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.37555, 34.53753 (WGS84)
Relative position 3 AIRLINE MILES SE OF SIAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cadiz Summit(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Amboy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(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 San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 005N 015E 11,12 California

Comments on the location information

  • E 1/2: UTM ACCT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.37555, 34.53753
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Folds And Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NORTH
    Dip 35E
    Length 91.44M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • BRECCIATED IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS STRIKE NORTH AND DIP 35E, WHILE BASALTS DIP 20E AND OVERLIE THE ORE-BEARING ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner I. F. Crosby, Charles A. Palmer And Earl W. Paul

Production statistics

  • Year 1920
    Period 1918-1920
    Material ORE FE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^60 % Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 60wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 42,000 TONS ARE INDICATED AND 38,000 TONS ARE INFERRED

Comments on the workings information

  • 305 FT. INCLINE WITH SIX LEVELS, 15 PITS AND TRENCHES ORE WAS STOPED FROM THE THREE UPPER LEVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LAMEY, C.A., 1948; SHIP MOUNTAIN IRON-ORE DEPOSIT, SAN BERNARDINO, CA.; DIV. OF MINES BULL. 129, P. 113-116

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A., ET AL, 1953: MINERAL RESOURCES SAN BERNARDINO, CA.; CA. JOUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY VOL. 49, NOS. 1 & 2, P. 98-100

  • Production

    WRIGHT, L.A., ET. AL, P. 98

  • Reserve-Resource

    WRIGHT, L.A., ET. AL., P. 98

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AMOUNT OF OVERBURDEN, IRREGULAR DISTRIBUTION AND BRECCIATED NATURE OF THE ENCLOSING ROCK ADVERSELY AFFECT MINING. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit DISCONTINOUS LENSES OF BRECCIATED HEMATITE

Reporter information

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

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