Mott prospect (Mott Colemanite prospect; Mott open cut), Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District), Death Valley National Park, Inyo Co., California, USA

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A borate prospect/open cut located in the SE¼SW¼ sec. 9, T26N, R2E, SBM, at the head of the Twenty Mule Team Canyon.

NOTE: Coordinates provided are approximate to the center of sec. 9.

References

Allen, Robert D. (1957): 198.

Allen, Robert D. & Henry C. Kramer (1957), Ginorite and sassolite from Death Valley, California, American Mineralogist: 42: 56-61.

Erd, R.C., J.F. McAllister & H. Almond (1959), Gowerite, a new hydrous calcium borate from Death Valley, California: American Mineralogist: 44: 911-919.

Erd, R.C., J.F. McAllister & A.C. Vlisidis (1961), Nobleite, another new hydrous calcium borate from the Death Valley region, California: American Mineralogist: 46: 560-571.

Schaller, Waldemar Theodore, et al (1965), American Mineralogist: 65: 629-640.

Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 199, 205, 327.

Erd, R.C., J.F. McAllister, and A.C. Vlisidis (1970) Wardsmithite 5CaO • MgO •12B2O3 •30H2O, a new borate mineral from the Death Valley region, California. American Mineralogist: 55: 349-357.

McAllister, James Franklin (1970) Geology of the Furnace Creek borate area, Death Valley, Inyo County, California. California Division of Mines and Geology Map Sheet 14, 9 pp.

Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 238, 240, 254.

Mineral List

'Clay' Colemanite Ginorite

Gowerite Gypsum Hydroboracite

Mcallisterite (TL) Meyerhofferite Priceite

Sassolite Ulexite

11 entries listed. 10 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).