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U.S. Borax Mine (Pacific West Coast Borax Mine; Pacific Coast Borax Co. Mine; Boron Mine; U.S. Borax and Chemical Corp. Mine; Kramer Mine; Baker Mine), Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA

Additonal names which apply to this locality: Osborne shaft; Discovery shaft; West Baker Mine.



References:
Smith, George Irving (1958), Hy Almond & D.L. Sawyer, Jr. (1958), Sassolite from the Kramer borate district, California: American Mineralogist: 43: 1070.

Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 327.





Map Reference: 35°2'40"N , 117°41'40"W

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Mineral List:
Analcime
Borax
Calcite
Chabazite-Na
Clinoptilolite-Na
Colemanite
Gerstleyite (TL)
'Gmelinite'
Gmelinite-Na
Greigite
Herschelite
'Heulandite'
Heulandite-Na
Hydroboracite
Inderite
Inyoite
Kernite
Kurnakovite
Mazzite-Na (TL)
Meyerhofferite
Mordenite
Orpiment
Pararealgar
'Phillipsite'
Phillipsite-Na
Probertite (TL)
Pyrrhotite
Realgar
Rhodochrosite
Saponite
var: Ferroan Saponite

Sassolite
Searlesite
Smythite
'Stilbite'
Tincalconite
Tunellite (TL)
Ulexite
Veatchite


66 entries listed. 32 valid minerals. 4 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region:
USA
 
  • California
    • Kern Co.
      • Kramer District
        • Boron
          • Kramer Borate deposit
            • U.S. Borax Mine (Pacific West Coast Borax Mine; Pacific Coast Borax Co. Mine; Boron Mine; U.S. Borax and Chemical Corp. Mine; Kramer Mine; Baker Mine)

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