Mine detail: Boraxo Mine

Previously called 'Clara ClaimThompson MineBoraxo DepositBoraxo No. 1 and No. 2Kern Borate'

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Location

Lat / long:

36.3397, -116.7056

Resource(N)

Primary:	Boron-Borates
Ore:	Colemanite, Ulexite
Gangue:	Clay
Orebody form:	LENTICULAR
Discovery year:	1915

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
Production years:	196 *, 1970-77?
Last production ended:	1977

Geology

Host rock:	Furnace Creek Formation
Host type:	Mudstone,Shale,Sandstone,Limestone
Structure:	W-Trending E-Plunging Anticline, Death Valley Graben, Pit Fault; Minor Folding

References

MRDS	I000399
DEP	10023438
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}{Production:: EVANS AND OTHERS, 1976.}{Reserve-Resource:: ESTIMATE BY G. ORRIS FROM PUBLISHED DATA, 1990.}
Reporter	Orris, Greta J.