Hector

The Hector is a clay mine located in San Bernardino county, California.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Hector  

State:  California

County:  San Bernardino

Elevation:

Commodity: Clay

Lat, Long: 34.76667, -116.45000

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Hector MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Hector


Commodity

Primary: Clay
Tertiary: Zeolites
Tertiary: Boron-Borates
Tertiary: Lithium
Tertiary: Gypsum-Anhydrite


Location

State: California
County: San Bernardino


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: N. L. Industries


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Sonoran Desert


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Form: STRATIFORM


Structure

Type: R
Description: Faulting

Type: L
Description: Pisgah Fault-- Northwest-Trending Strike Slip Fault


Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Telethermal Alteration, Hydrothermal


Rocks

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Name: Tuff
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: THE HECTORITE HAS A HIGH BORON CONTENT.


Materials

Ore: Hectorite
Ore: Colemanite
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Anhydrite
Gangue: Gypsum


Comments

Comment (Commodity): THE HECTORITE IS SNOWY WHITE AND WAXY IN APPEARANCE.

Comment (Deposit): VITRIC TUFF BEDS HAVE BEEN ALTERED TO HIGH LITHIUM MONTMORILLONITE IN A LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT. THE TUFF BEDS WERE DEPOSITED IN AND ALONG A TRAVERTINE RIDGE CREST AND IN THE NORTHWEST TRENDING SAHLLOW TROUGH PARALLEL WITH A FAULT-TERRACE SHORELINE BORDERING THE LAKE TO THE NORTHEAST. NORTHEAST AND ADJACENT TO THE DEPOSIT, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF COLEMANITE EXIST AT DEPTH IN A SECTION OF ANHYDRITE, CLAY, AND CALCITE. FAULTING ALONG A MAJOR NORTHWEST-TRENDING STRIKE-SLIP FAULT (TO THE SOUTHWEST) LEAD TO PARTIAL EROSION OF OVERLYING CLAY- AND MUDSTONES. A RECENT OLIVINE BASALT FLOW PARALLELS THE TRAVERTINE RIDGE AND FILLS A FAULT ZONE TROUGH FOR ALMOST 7 MILES; THE HECTORITE DEPOSIT IS LARGELY COVERED BY THIS BASALT. UP TO 8 COLEMANITE HORIZONS INTERSECTED IN HECTOR NO3 (MARSDEN, 1970). MOST HORIZONS ARE LESS THAN 2 FT THICK ONE HORIZON APPROX. 5FT THICK. COLEMANITE OCCURS WITH GYPSIFEROUS BEDS.

Comment (Location): IN MOJAVE DESERT NEAR HECTOR, CALIF. BARSTOW AREA.

Comment (Production): NO BORON PRODUCTION.

Comment (Development): USGS DRILLED 3 HOLES AROUND HECTOR. ONE HOLE INTERSECTED BORATES AT A DEPTH OF 1350 FT. ; ECON.COM: ADJACENT TO INTERSTATE.

Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD CONTAINS DATA FROM DUPLICATE RECORD RL10056 OF R.P. LANGFORD WHICH HAS BEEN DELETED FROM MAIN MRDS.


References

Reference (Deposit): SWEET, W.E., JR., 1980, THE GEOLOGY AND GENESIS OF HECTORITE, HECTOR, CALIFORNIA, IN FIFE, D.L., AND BROWN, A.R., EDS., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL WEALTH OF THE CALIFORNIA DESERT: SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, SOUTH COAST GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 279-283.

Reference (Deposit): MARDSEN, B.M., 1970, CORE LOGS OF THREE TEST HOLES IN CENOZOIC LAKE DEPOSITS NEAR HECTOR, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1296, 43 P.

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, G.I., 1985, BORATES DEPOSITS IN THE UNITED STATES - DISSIMILAR IN FORM, SIMILAR IN GEOLOGIC SETTING, IN BARKER, J.M., AND LEFOND, S.J., EDS., BORATES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND PRODUCTION: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 37-51.

Reference (Other Database): CIMRI


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