Mine detail: Cave Spring Borate Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 37.81716, -117.85621

Resource(N)

Primary: Boron-Borates
Ore: Searlesite
Gangue: Calcite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Claystone
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSM232045
DEP10044556
Reference{Deposit:: SMITH, W.C., 1964, BORATES, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 65, P. 184.}{Deposit:: FOSHAG, W.F., 1934, SEARLESITE FROM ESMERALDA CO., NEVADA: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 19, NO. 6, P. 268-274.}{Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., 1976, EVAPORITES AND BRINES IN NEVADA PLAYAS: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 87, 35 P.}{Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., 1985, BORATES IN NEVADA, IN BARKER, J.M., AND LEFOND, S.J., EDS., BORATES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND PRODUCTION: NEW YORK, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 89-99.}
ReporterWong, George (Roberts, Ralph), Orris, Greta J.