Newberry Hectorite Mine (Inerto Bentonite; Inerto Company depositl; National Lead Mine), San Bernardino Co., California, USA
Latitude: 34°45'0"N
Longitude: 116°25'60"W
A former clay mine located in secs. 27, 28, 34 & 35, T8N, R5E, SBM, adjoining the southern deposits of the hector Bentonite properties.
Mineralization is hosted in rhyolite, ash-flow tuff, and lake sediments.
References
Wright, L.A., et al (1953), Mines and mineral resources of San Bernardino County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division of Mines (Report 49): 49(1-2): 157-161.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 440.
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 of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. Preprint Number 92-44, 9 p.
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