The Rho B is a boron-borates mine located in San Bernardino county, California.
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Mine Info
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Rho B MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rho B
Commodity
Primary: Boron-Borates
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: East Kramer Colemanite Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Tenneco Mining Inc.
Years: 1976 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1957
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ARSENIC VALUES MAY BE SIMILAR TO ADJACENT RHO A DEPOSIT AND THUS TOO HIGH FOR GLASS MANUFACTURING.
Materials
Ore: Colemanite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): FIGURES ARE BROKEN OUT BY ORE ZONE.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT HAS UPPER AND LOWER OREBODIES SEPARATED BY 25-50 FT OF SHALE AND SANDSTONE. UPPER ZONE: AREA = 3,200,000 SQ FT; DEPTH FROM SURFACE TO MIDDLE OF ZONE = 715-975 FT; THICKNESS = 0-95 FT (50 FT AVERAGE); LENGTH/WIDTH = 2300 FT X 1400 FT. LOWER ZONE: AREA = 3,220,000 SQ FT; DEPTH FROM SURFACE TO MIDDLE OF ZONE = 775-1150 FT; THICKNESS = 45-175 FT (125 FT AVERAGE); LENGTH/WIDTH = 2300 FT X 1400 FT.
References
Reference (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
Reference (Other Database): CIMRI
Reference (Reserve-Resource): EVANS AND ANDERSON, 1976.
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