Commodities
PrimaryHalite
TertiaryStrontium, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Commodity typeN
Materials
Ore mineralsCelestite, Gypsum, Halite
GangueClay
Geology
Host rockShale,Sandstone,Conglomerate,Evaporite
StructureLate Cenozoic Faulting; Death Valley Fault Zone
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10023668
MRDS IDI001074
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates35.61666, -116.45087
References
RAPP, J.S., AND VREDENBURGH, L.M., 1992, INDUSTRIAL MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF TERTIARY PLAYA DEPOSITS OF THE FORT IRWIN AREA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: SOCIETY FOR MINING, METALLURGY, AND EXPLORATION, INC. PREPRINT NUMBER 92-44, 9 P.PHALEN, W.C., 1914, CELESTITE DEPOSITS IN CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1912: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 540, P. 521-533.RAPP AND VREDENBURGH, 1992.