Commodities
PrimaryBentonite
Commodity typeN
Geology
Host rockLake Sediments
StructureFolds
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1956
Identification
Deposit ID10023679
MRDS IDI001085
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates35.18334, -116.13418
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.HENDERSON, G.V., 1980, GEOLOGY OF THE PINK LADY BENTONITE MINE, ZZYZX, 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. 278.CIMRI