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Palen Mountains Iron Deposit

Prospect 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10285780
MRDS ID M020101
MAS/MILS ID 0060650008
Record type Site
Current site name Palen Mountains Iron Deposit
Alternate or previous names Palen Mountains Deposit, Iron King Claim, Iron Cap Claims
Related records 10033522

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -115.13891, 33.71895 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Riverside(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sidewinder Well(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 005 S 018 E 19 SE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -115.13891, 33.71895
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1918

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank Coffey
    Home office California
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-14, 1977,

  • Deposit

    P. 693-695.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 41, NO. 3. P. 146.

  • Deposit

    PREVIOUSLY REPORTED TO BE IN T. 4 S.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative California resources

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