Mine detail: Teels Marsh

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 38.20743, -118.35428

Resource(N)

Primary: Boron-Borates
Secondary: Halite
Tertiary: Bromine, Sodium, Zeolites
Ore: Borax, Brine, Halite, Phillipsite, Searlesite, Tincalconite, Trona, Ulexite
Gangue: Gaylussite, Limestone
Orebody form: PLAYA
Discovery year: 1865

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
Production years: 1867-1882.
First production started: 1867

Geology

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

References

MRDSM035447
DEP10103597
Reference{Deposit:: VANDERBURG, 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:: 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.}{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.}{Production:: PAPKE, 1976.}
ReporterFiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.), Flynn, Patricia D., Orris, Greta J.