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Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co. Colemanite Deposit

Occurrence in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Boron-Borates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023815
MRDS ID I003007
Record type Site
Current site name Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co. Colemanite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.57172, 34.79723 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Buttes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Victorville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 011N 007W 13 S2 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Colemanite Ore

Analytical data

Result COLEMANITE-BEARING SHALE CONTAINS ABOUT 3.7% B2O3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Tropico Group
    Rock description Tropico Group

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.57172, 34.79723
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1958
Discoverer Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co.

Mining district

District name East Kramer Colemanite Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS DEPOSIT IS SMALL AND VERY LOW GRADE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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Authoritative California resources

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