California
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Important Mining Districts
Great Deposits: The Atolia District Tungsten Mines, California
The Atolia (or Atolia-Rand) tungsten area, also known as Atolia mining district, is located in the Mojave Desert in western…
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Important Mining Districts
The California Gold Rush : 1840 – 1857
“Gold! Gold! Gold from the American River!” “Gold! Gold! Gold from the American River!” Those words uttered from Samuel Brannan upon…
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The Basics
Minerals on the Edge – Plate Boundaries and Minerals
The world is a dynamic place. The earth that we stand on, and think of as fixed, is anything but.…
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Deposit Types
Alluvial and Placer Mineral Deposits
Technically a placer deposit is the general term for a mineral deposit formed by the concentration of moving particles by…
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