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Mountain Pass |
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California |
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MINE DEVELOPMENT
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Latitude / Longitude |
35 N 28 / 115 W 32 |
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Légende
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| Statut : Mine development |
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| Risques / Pays : Tres bas |
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 | Molycorp Minerals LLC
Owner: 100% |
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| Titre | Profil de la Compagnie | Tous les projets | Site web de la compagnie | Page projet de la compagnie |
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| In 2008, Chevron sold the mine to privately held Molycorp Minerals LLC, a company formed to revive the Mountain Pass mine. |
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The Mountain Pass Mine is is situated on Interstate 15 in the southeast mountainous desert region of the state approximately 15 miles (24 km) from the Nevada border at an altitude of 4,728 feet (1,441 m).
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The Mountain Pass deposit was discovered by a uranium prospector in 1949, who noticed the anomalously high radioactivity. The Molybdenum Corporation of America bought the mining claims, and small-scale production began in 1952. Production expanded gr Plus...
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The Mountain Pass deposit is in a 1.4 billion year old Precambrian carbonatite intruded into gneiss, and contains 8% to 12% rare earth oxides, mostly contained in the mineral bastnäsite.[1] Gangue minerals include calcite, barite, and dolomite. It is Plus...
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Données mises à jour le : 01/11/2010
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