Mine detail: Dixie Marsh Borax

Previously called 'Humboldt Salt Marsh'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.81962, -117.97068

Resource(N)

Primary: Boron-Borates, Halite
Tertiary: Bromine
Ore: Halite, Ulexite
Gangue: Clay, Gaylussite
Orebody form: BLANKET
Discovery year: 1872

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1861

Geology

Host type:Alluvium

References

MRDSM233114
DEP10045400
Reference{Deposit:: MILS, 1979, USBM}{Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., 1976, EVAPORITES AND BRINES IN NEVADA PLAYAS: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 87, 35 P.}{Deposit:: LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEV. NEWSLETER PUB. CO., RENO, NV.}{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CHURCHILL CO., NV.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7093.}{Other Database:: CIMRI}{Production:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940.}
ReporterLa Pointe, D. D., Orris, Greta J.