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Ordway, A. (2002), Personal communication between Scott Ritchie and Al Ordway of Hesperia, California. Description of a tourmaline-bearing pocket discovery made while working the Anita mine with his partner Jon Page of Anza in 1997: May.

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Original EntryOrdway, A. (2002), Personal communication between Scott Ritchie and Al Ordway of Hesperia, California. Description of a tourmaline-bearing pocket discovery made while working the Anita mine with his partner Jon Page of Anza in 1997: May.
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Anita Mine (Magee Mine; Magee & Dougherty Mine; Sage Mine), Red Mountain, Cahuilla Mining District, Riverside County, California, USA

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