The Grovers Hot Springs Deposit is a limestone, general mine located in Alpine county, California.
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Mine Info
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Grovers Hot Springs Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grovers Hot Springs Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Limestone, General
Secondary: Magnesite
Location
State: California
County: Alpine
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Sierra Nevada
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Sierra Nevada Batholith
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORGANIC MATTER-TRACE.
Analytical Data: FE AND AL 0.32
Analytical Data: MGCO3 1.16 , SILICA .82
Analytical Data: CACO3 6.38
Analytical Data: NA2CO3 34.10
Analytical Data: NA2SO4 12.02
Analytical Data: ANALYSIS GR/US GAL NACL 19.91
Materials
Ore: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): APPARENTLY NO USE OF TUFA.
Comment (Location): UTM. ACC. W 1/2
Comment (Geology): GEOL.COM: CLOSE TO A N STRIKING FAULT THAT HAS BEEN TRACED TO NEVADA. TWO GROUPS OF SPRINGS HAVE TEMP. (SOME YEARS AGO) FROM 128 - 146 DEG F. ACCUMULATION OF TERRACE CALCAREOUS TUFA IS STILL GOING ON.
Comment (Deposit): POPULAR HOT SPRINGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): CDM JOUR V. 43 , NO 3 , 1947 , P 206
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