Mine detail: Gerstley I

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.01805, -116.2328

Resource(N)

Primary: Boron-Borates
Ore: Colemanite, Ulexite
Gangue: Calcite
Orebody form: STRATIFIED SUBTABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Producer
Production years: 1920-198*

Geology

Host rock:Furnace Creek Formation
Host type:Mudstone,Shale,Conglomerate
Associated type:Tuff,Volcanic Ash,Basalt
Structure:Furnace Creek Fault (Mine Is About 2 Miles West), Anticlines, Sw-Trending Fault
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSI000380
DEP10023422
Reference{Deposit:: EVANS, J.R., TAYLOR, G.C., AND RAPP, J.S., 1976, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS IN DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL MONUMENT, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL REPORT 125, 61 P.}{Deposit:: NOBLE, L.F., 1926, NOTE ON A COLEMANITE DEPOSIT NEAR SHOSHONE, CALIF., WITH A SKETCH OF THE GEOLOGY OF A PART OF AMARGOSA VALLEY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 785, P. 63-73.}{Deposit:: BARKER, C.E., AND BARKER, J.M., 1985, A RE-EVALUATION OF THE ORIGIN AND DIAGENESIS OF BORATE DEPOSITS, DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, IN BARKER, J.M., AND LEFOND, S.J. , EDS., BORATES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND PRODUCTION: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 101-136.}{Deposit:: SMITH, G.I., 1985, BORATES DEPOSITS IN THE UNITED STATES - DISSIMILAR IN FORM, SIMILAR IN GEOLOGIC SETTING, IN BARKER, J.M., AND LEFOND, S.J., EDS., BORATES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND PRODUCTION: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 37-51.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: EVANS AND OTHERS, 1976.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J., Langford, R.P.