Mine detail: Borax Lake

Previously called 'Clear LakeLake Hachinhama Little Borax Lake'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.96655, -122.66774

Resource(B)

Primary: Boron-Borates, Halite
Secondary: Sodium, Cobalt
Ore: Borax, Brine, Gaylussite, Halite, Trona
Orebody form: STRATIFORM
Discovery year: 1856

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1864
Last production ended: 1874

Geology

Host type:Clay, Mud,Evaporite
Associated type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSRL10050
DEP10055376
Reference{Deposit:: LYDAY, P.A., 1992, HISTORY OF BORON PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 303, P. 19-37.}{Deposit:: SMITH, W.C., 1966, BORAX AND OTHER BORON COMPOUNDS: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 191, PT. 1, P. 104-111.}{Deposit:: SMITH, G.I., 1985, BORATE DEPOSITS IN THE UNITED STATES: DISSIMILAR IN FORM, SIMILAR IN GEOLOGIC SETTING, IN BARKER, J.M., AND LEFOND, S.J., 1985, BORATES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND PRODUCTION; PROCEEDINGS OF A SYMPOSIUM HELD ON OCTOBER 24, 1984, AT THE FALL MEETING OF SME-AIME IN DENVER, COLORADO: NEW YORK, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 38-51.}{Deposit:: YALE, C.G., 1904, BORAX, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE US - 1903: WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 1017-1028.}{Deposit:: VER PLANCK, W.E., 1956, HISTORY OF BORAX PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 52, NO. 3, P. 273-191.}{Production:: YALE, 1904.}
ReporterLangford, R.P., Orris, Greta J.