Mine detail: Eagle Mtn Iron Mine

Previously called 'Kaiser Steel Corp.'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.86476, -115.5211

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Hematite, Magnetite
Gangue: Serpentine, Tremolite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1895

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1948

Geology

Host type:Quartzite,Limestone
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Structure:East-West Trending Anticline, Nw Striking Faults
Tectonic:Basin And Range; Colorado Desert
Alteration processes:Oxidation And Hydrothermal Alteration

References

MRDSW024589
DEP10077141
Reference{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.}
ReporterZigler, Jan L. (Huber, Donald F.)