Mine detail: Fort Cady Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 34.76668, -116.41753

Resource(N)

Primary: Boron-Borates
Tertiary: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Strontium, Halite, Sodium
Ore: Colemanite
Gangue: Anhydrite, Celestite, Gypsum, Halite, Trona
Discovery year: 1964

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Evaporite

References

MRDSI000064
DEP10023265
Reference{Deposit:: SPRAGUE, R.W., 1990, BORON, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: METALS & MINERALS ANNUAL REVIEW - 1990, P. 114-115.}{Deposit:: *RISCOLL, MIKE, 1990, MINERALS IN THE US SOUTH-WEST- BREAKING ROCKS IN THE HOT SUN: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 272, P. 59.}{Deposit:: RAPP, J.S., AND VREDENBURGH, L.M., 1992, INDUSTRIAL MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF TERTIARY PLAYA DEPOSITS OF THE FORT IRWIN AREA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: SOCIETY FOR MINING, METALLURGY, AND EXPLORATION, INC. PREPRINT NUMBER 92-44, 9 P.}{Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1993, THE ECONOMICS OF BORON 1993, 7TH ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 156 P.}{Deposit:: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1989, CORONA CONTROLS FORT CADY BORATE: NO. 260, P. 15, 17.}{Deposit:: NORMAN, J.C., 1991, BORON: A REVIEW OF 1990 ACTIVITIES: MINING ENGINEERING, V. 43, NO. 7, P. 740-741.}{Deposit:: MINING JOURNAL, 1989, FORT CADY BORIC ACID PROJECT: V. 312, NO. 8026, P. 505.}{Deposit:: MINING ENGNEERING, 1989, PRODUCTION SCHEDULED IN 1989 AT FORT CADY BORON PROJECT: V. 41, NO. 1, P. 7.}{Reserve-Resource:: SPRAGUE, 1990; *RISCOLL, 1990; INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, 1989; NORMAN, 1991.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.