Mine detail: Terry Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

36.29054, -116.55421

Resource(N)

Primary:	Boron-Borates
Tertiary:	Zeolites, Gypsum-Anhydrite
Ore:	Colemanite, Ulexite
Gangue:	Analcime, Calcite, Chabazite, Clinoptilolite, Gypsum, Phillipsite
Discovery year:	1972

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	1974, 1975
First production started:	1974
Last production ended:	1975

Geology

Host rock:	Furnace Creek Formation
Host type:	Shale,Sandstone,Conglomerate,Evaporite,Tuff
Associated rock:	Furnace Creek Formation;Funeral Formation
Associated type:	Basalt
Structure:	Ryan Anticline (Se-Plunging), Grand View Fault, Local N-Trending Fault Pattern
Tectonic:	Basin And Range, Black Mountains Tectonic Block
Alteration processes:	Zeolitization Of The Tuffs

References

MRDS	I000382
DEP	10023424
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:: BARKER, C.E., 1980, THE TERRY BORATE DEPOSIT, AMARGOSA VALLEY, INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY, V. 33, NO. 8, P. 181-187.y}{Production:: BARKER, 1980.}{Reserve-Resource:: EVANS AND OTHERS, 1976; 1974 FIGURE IS FROM BARKER, 1980.}{Reserve-Resource:: ORRIS, 1992.}
Reporter	Orris, Greta J., Langford, R.P.