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White Dollar Mine (May Day Mine), Ord District, Ord Mts, San Bernardino Co., California, USA

Latitude: 34°43'0"N
Longitude: 116°47'60"W
A former W mine located in the E½SE¼ sec. 7, T7N, R2E, SBM, in the NE Ord Mountains.

Mineralization is hosted in hornfels and metavolcanics.

This operation mined scheelite during a brief period in the 1950's.

References

Tucker, W. Burling & Reid J. Sampson (1943b), Mineral resources of San Bernardino County: California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division Mines (Report 39): 39(4): 504.

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): 153.

Weber, F.H., Jr. (1963c), Geology and mineral deposits of the Ord Mountain district San Bernardino County, California: California Division Mines & Geology Special Report 77: 43.

Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 337.

Housley, R. (2001), Microbits - Bulletin of the Southern California Micro-Mineralogists (February-March 2001).

Mineral List

Actinolite
Albite
Calcite
Epidote
'Garnet'
Limonite
'Manganese Oxides'
Scheelite


8 entries listed. 5 valid minerals.

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Updated Mineral Entry: LeakeiteFrom Uwe Kolitsch, 13th Feb 2012 17:52:20