Mine detail: Owl Hole Gypsum Prospect Group

Previously called 'Owl Hole Spring Deposit'

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Location: San Bernardino County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 35.61666, -116.65087
dep_id: 10023667
mrds_id: I001073
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Trace mineral: Strontium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Celestite, Gypsum, Selenite
gangue: Clay, Halite
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone,Conglomerate
Structure: Late Cenozoic Faults
References:
  • 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:: PHALEN, W.C., 1914, CELESTITE DEPOSITS IN CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1912: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 540, P. 521-533.
  • Deposit:: WITHINGTON, C.F., 1966, GYPSUM AND ANHYDRITE, IN U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, AND U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF CALIFORNIA: WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, P. 188-198.
  • Reserve-Resource:: RAPP AND BREDENBURGH, 1992
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