The White Christmas is a silica and diatomite mine located in Imperial county, California.
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Mine Info
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White Christmas MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Christmas
Secondary: Bronko Claims
Commodity
Primary: Silica
Primary: Diatomite
Location
State: California
County: Imperial
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Jacumba (In-Ko-Pah) Wilderness Study Area
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: Lower California
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Lacustrine diatomite
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Lake Sediments
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLES ASSAY AS HIGH AS 83.62% SIO2 FOUND IN 7 FOOT CHANNEL SAMPLE FROM SOUTHERN EXPOSURE. HIGH CONTENT OF SAND, SILT, AND BROKEN TESTS.
Materials
Ore: Diatomite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Biotite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): POOR GELLING PROPERTIES, EXCESSIVE SAND CONTENT, THEREFORE LIMITED USE FOR MOST FILTER APPLICATIONS.
Comment (Development): FIRST CLAIMED IN 1941.
Comment (Workings): PITS, TRENCHES.
Comment (Geology): DIATOMITE BEDS REST ON OLDER ALLUVIUM, INCLUDING FANGLOMERATE AND MONTMORILLONITE CLAY, AND OVERLAIN BY UNCONSOLIDATED SAND.
Comment (Deposit): DIATOMITE BEDS UP TO 12 FT THICK ARE FLAT-LYING AND EXPOSED IN TWO EROSIONAL REMNANTS. THE NORTHERN EXPOSURE IS 150 FT LONG AND UP TO 60 FT WIDE. THE SOUTHERN EXPOSURE IS 200 FT LONG AND UP TO 50 FT WIDE.
References
Reference (Deposit): TODD, V.R., KILBURN, J.E., DETRA, D.E., GRISCOM, ANDREW, KRUSE, F.A., AND MCHUGH, E.L., 1987, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE JACUMBA (IN-KO-PAH) WILDERNESS STUDY AREA, IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1711-D, 18 P
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TODD AND OTHERS, 1987.
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