Mine detail: Fort Cady Deposit

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Location:	San Bernardino County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long:	34.76668, -116.41753
dep_id:	10023265
mrds_id:	I000064
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Boron-Borates
Trace mineral:	Gypsum-Anhydrite, Strontium, Halite, Sodium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Prospect
ore:	Colemanite
gangue:	Anhydrite, Celestite, Gypsum, Halite, Trona
Reporter:	Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type:	Evaporite
disc_yr:	1964
discr:	Congdon & Carrey
References:	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.