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Ord Mountain Iron Prospect

Prospect in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Copper, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10237653
MRDS ID M024248
MAS/MILS ID 0060711498
Record type Site
Current site name Ord Mountain Iron Prospect
Alternate or previous names Newberry Mtns Mine
Related records 10036188

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -116.80417, 34.72311 (WGS84)
Elevation 1245
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ord Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newberry Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(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

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 007 N 002 E 06 NESESE California

Comments on the location information

  • CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL REPORT 77, 1963, P. 41, NOTES THAT THE DEPOSIT IS AT THE CENTER OF THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE SE 1/4 OF SEC. 6 AND THE SW 1/4 OF SEC. 5. SEC. 5 IS PRIVATE LAND.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -116.80417, 34.72311
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, VOL. III

  • Deposit

    - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: P. 131.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL REPORT 77, 1963,

  • Deposit

    P. 42-43, AND PLATE 1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-SEP-1993 Campbell U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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