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Mine detail: Colton Mine
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North America
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California
Mono
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Location
Lat / long:
37.63327, -118.33427
Resource(N)
Primary:
Talc-Soapstone
Ore:
Pyrophyllite
Orebody form:
LENS
Production
Operation type:
Unknown
Deposit type:
Replacement
Production size:
Small
Development status:
Producer
Geology
Host rock:
Precret Sedimentary Rocks;Precret Prophyllitic Schist, Quartzite
Host type:
Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated rock:
Precret Volcanic Rocks
Associated type:
Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Alteration processes:
Silicification
References
MRDS
W007465
DEP
10069782
Reference
WRIGHT, L. A., 1957, PYROPHYLLITE, IN MINERAL COMMODITIES OF CALIFORNIA. CALIF. DIV. OF MINES BULL. 176, P. 455 - 45
Reporter
Espenshade, Gilbert H.