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Collecting drainage in the Iron Mountain Mine. The mine is located at in the Klamath Mountains of Shasta County, about 9 miles northwest of ReddingThe mine area is drained by several creeks which ultimately enter the Spring Creek Reservoir, formed by the Spring Creek Dam, and finally the Keswick Reservoir formed by a dam across the Sacramento River.
Major minerals in both include mica, quartz, plagioclase, and muscovite. Minor minerals for both include garnet, ilmenite, epidote, and apatite. [1] The texture of the mica gneiss has homogenous mineral layers, with less foliation than the mica schist. [1] It weathers into a dark red soil. [1]
Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park/Wanapum Recreational Area is a geologic preserve and public recreation area covering 7,124-acre (2,883 ha) on the western shoreline of the Columbia River's Wanapum Reservoir at Vantage, Washington.
Redmond Saturday Market is the oldest farmer's market in the Seattle area's east side. This market is held on Saturdays from May through October on approximately 8,000 square feet of land near the Redmond Town Center. The City of Redmond has approved an ordinance that the current market site be preserved for its community and historic significance.
In 2008, Chevron sold the mine to privately-held Molycorp Minerals LLC, a company formed to revive the Mountain Pass mine. Molycorp announced plans to spend $500 million to reopen and expand the mine, and on July 29, 2010, it raised about $400 million through an initial public offering , selling 28,125,000 shares at $14 under the ticker symbol ...
The mining industry defines steatite as a high-purity talc rock that is suitable for the manufacturing of, for example, insulators; the lesser grades of the mineral can be called simply "talc rock". Steatite can be used both in lumps ("block steatite", "lava steatite", "lava grade talc"), and in the ground form.
This is a list of companies based in Redmond, Washington, United States. Although Redmond is a metonym for Microsoft, [1] [2] the city's largest employer, [3] it has many other businesses as well. Aerial view of an office parks in Redmond, Washington, August 2009
Mineral is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lewis County, Washington, on State Route 7 near the Pierce/Lewis county line. Mineral originally began as a logging camp and mining town.