Mine detail: Rho A

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 34.76668, -117.54811

Resource(B)

Primary: Boron-Borates
Tertiary: Arsenic
Ore: Colemanite
Gangue: Calcite, Orpiment, Realgar
Discovery year: 1957

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:Tropico Group
Host type:Claystone,Sandstone

References

MRDSI003005
DEP10023813
Reference{Deposit:: GRISWOLD, W.T., 1959, COLEMANITE AS AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF BORATES: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS PREPRINT 59H20, 20 P.}{Deposit:: EVANS, J.R., AND ANDERSON, T.P., 1976, COLEMANITE DEPOSITS NEAR KRAMER JUNCTION, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL PUBLICATION 50, 8 P.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Reserve-Resource:: EVANS AND ANDERSON, 1976; GRISWOLD, 1959.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J.