Mine detail: Mountain Spring

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Location: Imperial County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 32.69701, -116.0625
dep_id: 10023473
mrds_id: I000459
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Limestone, General
Trace mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Limestone
gangue: Graphite
orebody_fm: LENS
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Orris, Greta J., Gray, Floyd
hrock_type: Metasedimentary Rock
arock_unit: Tonalite Of La Posta
arock_type: Tonalite
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1927
prod_yrs: PRE-1927, 1940, 1959
References:
  • Deposit:: TODD, V.R., KILBURN, J.E., DETRA, D.E., GRISCOM, ANDREW, KRUSE, F.A., AND MCHUGH, E.L., 1987, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JACUMBA (IN-KO-PAH) WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1711-D, 18 P.
  • Deposit:: MORTON, PAUL K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 7, P. 7.
  • Deposit:: SAMPSON, R.J., AND TUCKER, W.B., 1942, MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES BULL., VOL. 38, H2, P. 130.
  • Other Database:: CIMRI
  • Reserve-Resource:: TODD AND OTHERS, 1987.
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