Mine detail: Eagle Mountain Mine and Plant

Previously called 'Eagle Mountain Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 33.89974, -115.48722

Resource(B)

Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Aluminum, Calcium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sulfur, Magnesite, Silica
Other material: Calcite, Dolomite, Gypsum, Hematite, Magnetite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz, Serpentine, Talc, Tremolite
Discovery year: 1881

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1948

Geology

References

MRDSW024589
MAS60650737
DEP10189008
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ReporterLindsey, David S.