Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA

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References

Vonsen, Magnus (1929), Death Valley and the borates of California: Rocks & Minerals: 3: 73-77.

Schaller, Waldemar Theodore (1930), Borate minerals from the Kramer district, Mohave Desert, California: USGS PP 158-I: 137-170; […Mineralogical Magazine: 22: 622 (1931)].

Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 350, 367, 377.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities

Albite Analcime Anorthite var: Labradorite 'Apatite' 'var: Carbonate-rich Apatite' Aragonite var: Strontian Aragonite Arsenic Arseniosiderite Arsenolite Augite Baryte Barytocalcite 'Bentonite' Berthierite Biotite Birnessite Borax Calcite Chabazite-Na 'Chlorite Group' 'Clay' 'Clinoptilolite' Clinoptilolite-Na Colemanite Copiapite Dolomite Epidote Epsomite 'Erionite' 'Feldspar Group'

'Garnet' Garrelsite Gerstleyite (TL) 'Gmelinite' Gmelinite-Na Greigite Gypsum var: Satin Spar Gypsum var: Selenite Halite Hectorite Hematite Herschelite 'Heulandite' Heulandite-Na Hisingerite 'Hornblende' Howlite Hydroboracite Hypersthene Illite Ilmenite Inderite Inyoite Kaolinite Kernite (TL) 'K Feldspar' Kurnakovite Lepidocrocite Limonite

Mackinawite Magnetite Mazzite-Na (TL) 'Melnikovite' Metacinnabar Meyerhofferite 'Mica Group' Microcline Mirabilite 'Monazite' Montmorillonite Mordenite Muscovite Natrojarosite Natrolite 'Olivine' Opal Orpiment Pararealgar 'Petrified Wood' 'Phillipsite' Phillipsite-Na Phlogopite Probertite (TL) Pseudobrookite Pyrite Pyrrhotite Quartz var: Agate var: Chert

Quartz var: Jasper Realgar Rhodochrosite Rutile Saponite var: Ferroan Saponite Sassolite Searlesite Sideronatrite Smythite Stibnite 'Stilbite' Strontianite Sulphur Thenardite Tincalconite Titanite Todorokite 'Tourmaline' Tridymite Tunellite (TL) Ulexite Veatchite Wardsmithite Witherite Zeolite Group Zircon

125 entries listed. 83 valid minerals. 5 type localities (valid minerals).

Localities in this Region

USA California Kern Co. Kramer District Boron Boron Dry Lakes (Boron Dry Lakes #1) Kramer Borate deposit Baker Mine Jennifer Mine California Borate Company property (Western Borax Mine; Western Mine) Rich Station U.S. Borax Mine (Pacific West Coast Borax; Pacific Coast Borax Co.; Boron Mine; U.S. Borax and Chemical Corp.; Kramer Mine; Baker Mine)

USA California Kern Co. Kramer District Boron Kramer Borate deposit U.S. Borax Mine (Pacific West Coast Borax; Pacific Coast Borax Co.; Boron Mine; U.S. Borax and Chemical Corp.; Kramer Mine; Baker Mine) Baker mine U.S. Borax open pit (Boron pit) Western Mine (Mudd Mine) West Baker West Baker Mine (Suckow Mine; Suchow Mine) Suckow Colemanite Mine (Suckow Shaft No. 2) Suckow Discovery Well and Shaft Mine