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Saratoga Mine, Saratoga Spring, Ibex Hills, San Bernardino County, California, USAi
Regional Level Types
Saratoga MineMine
Saratoga SpringSpring
Ibex HillsGroup of Hills
San Bernardino CountyCounty
CaliforniaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
35° 42' 6'' North , 116° 25' 5'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Tecopa150 (2011)23.7km
Fort Irwin8,845 (2011)54.5km
Baker735 (2011)57.7km
Mindat Locality ID:
89442
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:89442:0
GUID (UUID V4):
42461e24-3b22-4e95-a9a3-64249622a7b6


A talc prospect/mine located in the SE¼SW¼ sec. 26, T19N, R5E, SBM, N of Saratoga Spring, in the southern Ibex Hills, on National Park Service land (Death Valley National Park). MRDS database stated accuracy for this location is 10 meters.

Local rocks include Precambrian rocks, undivided, unit 1 (Death Valley).

To the southwest are the three groups of workings known collectively as the Saratoga Mine. The northern group of this complex was opened in 1944 and worked for one year by the Champco Minerals Company, which extracted about 1,000 tons of ore. After lying idle for several years, the Saratoga complex was leased by the Southern California Minerals Company, which opened new bodies of talc in the south group in 1949. These were worked for several years until being abandoned in 1954, having produced only small amounts of talc. Finally, in 1955, the central group of claims was opened by the Southern California Company, and intermittently operated until the mind-1960s. As a combined total, the output of the three groups of the Saratoga Mine are estimated as having produced 5000 to 10/000 tons of talc. All the Saratoga holdings are now idle, and are in the possession of Pfizer, Inc.Latschar, 1981

Workings include unspecified underground openings (the topo map reflects 4 adit symbols labeled "Saratoga Mine" at this point).

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1 valid mineral.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 9 - Silicates
Talc9.EC.05Mg3Si4O10(OH)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
OOxygen
O TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
MgMagnesium
Mg TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
SiSilicon
Si TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2

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Link to USGS MRDS:10237507

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