American Magnesium Company Mine, Wingate Pass area, Ballarat area, San Bernardino Co., California, USA
A former Mg mine located in sec. 29 & 32, T25S, R47E, MDM, in the Wingate Pass area, near Ballarat (Inyo Co.), W of the Owlshead Mountains near the Inyo County border.
References
Hewett, Donnel Foster, et al (1936), Mineral resources of the region around Boulder Dam: USGS Bulletin 871, 323 pp.: 96.
Jahns, Richard Henry (1951), The Epsom salts mine; Engr. & Sci. Monthly, April, 1951.
Wright, L.A., et al (1953), Mines and mineral resources of San Bernardino County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 49(1-2): 183, tabulated list of mines.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 62, 178.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 263, 266.
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