Mine detail: Lila C

Previously called 'Leila See'

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Location

Lat / long: 36.23776, -116.49587

Resource(N)

Primary: Boron-Borates
Ore: Colemanite
Gangue: Calcite
Orebody form: LENTICULAR
Discovery year: 1884

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1907-1914
First production started: 1907
Last production ended: 1914

Geology

Host rock:Furnace Creek Formation
Host type:Mudstone
Associated rock:Furnace Creek Formation;
Associated type:Basalt
Structure:Nnw-Trending Fault
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSI000383
DEP10102206
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:: 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., EDS., BORATES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND PRODUCTION: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 37-51.}{Deposit:: BARKER, C.E., AND BARKER, J.M., 1985, A RE-EVALUATION OF THE ORIGIN AND DIAGENESIS OF BORATE DEPOSITS, DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, IN BARKER, J.M., AND LEFOND, S.J., EDS., BORATES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND PRODUCTION: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 13-34.}{Deposit:: MAJMUNDAR, H.H., 1988 (1985), BORATE MINING HISTORY IN DEATH VALLEY, INYO AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES, IN GREGORY, J.L., AND BALDWIN, E.J., EDS., GEOLOGY OF THE DEATH VALLEY REGION: SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, SOUTH COAST GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, P. 365-371.}{Deposit:: YALE, C.G., AND GALE, H.S., 1912, BORAX, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES - 1911: WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 857-866.}{Deposit:: YALE, C.G., 1907, BORAX, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES - 1906: WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 1059-1062.}
ReporterOrris, Greta J., Langford, R.P.