Mine detail: Saline Valley

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 36.71666, -117.83422

Resource(N)

Primary: Boron-Borates

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTARY-PLAYA
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1888
Last production ended: 1892

Geology

References

MRDSRL10051
DEP60001095
ReferenceSMITH, 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.