Mine detail: Rhodes Marsh

Previously called 'Virginia Marsh'

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Location

Lat / long: 38.28687, -118.07566

Resource(N)

Primary: Sodium, Boron-Borates, Halite
Ore: Borax, Halite, Mirabilite, Trona, Ulexite
Orebody form: PLAYA
Discovery year: 1916

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1862-1900 (SALT); 193* (NASO); 1872-1882 (B)
First production started: 1862

Geology

Host type:Alluvium,Lake Sediments
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSM035426
DEP10103596
Reference{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, W.O., 1937 , RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL CO., NEV.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR.}{Deposit:: ROSS, D.L., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV.: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 58.}{Deposit:: ARCHBOLD, N.L., 1966 , INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV.: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 14.}{Deposit:: PAPKE, K.G., 1976, EVAPORITES AND BRINES IN NEVADA PLAYAS: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 87, 35 P.}{Deposit:: COUCH, B.F., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVAD* METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE): UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA BULLETIN, V. 37, NO. 4, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. 38.}{Production:: ROSS, 1951.}{Reserve-Resource:: PAPKE, 1976.}
ReporterFiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.), Flynn, Patricia D., Orris, Greta J.