Bluebird Kyanite Mine (Ogilby Kyanite Mine; Ogilby Kyanite Deposit Mine; Drifted Snow; Vitrefrax Mine), Vitrefrax Hill (Bluebird Hill), Cargo Muchacho District (Hedges District; Ogilby District), Cargo Muchacho Mts, Imperial Co., California, USA

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A former Kyanite mine.

Mineralization is a metamorphic deposit hosted in quartzite.

References:
Henshaw, P.C. (1942) Geology and Mineral Deposits of the Cargo Muchacho Mountains, Imperial County California. California Journal of Mines and Geology: 38: 147-196.

Wright, L.A. (1957) Kyanite Andalusite, and Related Minerals, in Mineral Commodities of California: California Division of Mines Bull. 176: 275-280.

Morton, P.K. (1977) Geology and Mineral Resources of Imperial County, California: California Division of Mines and Geology, County Report No. 7: 65-66.

Map Reference: 32°50'39"N , 114°48'24"W

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Mineral List:

Almandine
Andalusite
Baryte
Biotite
Hematite

Kyanite
Limonite
Magnetite
Pyrophyllite
Quartz

Rutile
Scorzalite
Svanbergite

13 entries listed. 11 valid minerals.

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