Mine detail: Rho A

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Location: San Bernardino County, California, United States, North America
Lat / long: 34.76668, -117.54811
dep_id: 10023813
mrds_id: I003005
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Boron-Borates
Trace mineral: Arsenic
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Colemanite
gangue: Calcite, Orpiment, Realgar
Reporter: Orris, Greta J.
hrock_unit: Tropico Group
hrock_type: Claystone,Sandstone
disc_yr: 1957
discr: U.S. Geological Survey
References:
  • 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.
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