California, USA

Saddleback Basalt in the US Borax mine, Boron, Kern County, California. I just found these on the web. These publications contain a good write up on the minerals of the Kramer District Borate deposit.

Kramer District Borate deposit minerals part 1

Kramer District Borate deposit minerals part 2



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/21/2012 05:45AM by Ron Layton.

Ron,

Thank you very much. I printed them out and they will be added to my California library. They will be of significant help when I get to Kern County. Right now I am working up in Sasquach land - Trinity County.

Chet Lemanski

Short report about visiting Mt Diablo State Park.

[opticalmineralogy.blogspot.com]

Thank you,
David

Hello all,
what is Kramer District's industrial use of Borax?



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 11/22/2012 02:45PM by Wolff-Dietrich Lehmann.

Wolff,
I don't understand your question. The Kramer district in California does not have much industrial use for Borax. The big open pit mine at Boron is mined primarily for borax, which occurs naturally in the deposit. It is the preferred ore because they can refine it easily by simply dissolving it in hot water and recrystallizing it. The refinery adjacent to the mine produces a number of different borate products, mostly sodium borates using the recrystallized borax as a feed stock which they then sell and distribute to many customers.

Rock Currier
Crystals not pistols.

To see what are the primary uses of boron containing minerals the USGS Mineral Yearbooks are good resources.
[minerals.usgs.gov]