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Corkscrew Canyon Mine (Corkscrew Mine), Corkscrew Canyon, Black Mts, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District), Death Valley National Park, Inyo Co., California, USA
Gowerite
Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Corkscrew Canyon, Black Mts, Furnace Creek District, Death Valley National Park, Inyo Co., California, USA
Photo: Elmar Lackner
Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Corkscrew Canyon, Black Mts, Furnace Creek District, Death Valley National Park, Inyo Co., California, USA
Photo: Elmar Lackner
Latitude: 36°22'40"N
Longitude: 116°45'36"W
Longitude: 116°45'36"W
Mineral List
| Bakerite (TL) Calcite Celestine | Colemanite Gowerite Gypsum | Inyoite Meyerhofferite Nobleite | Todorokite Ulexite |
11 entries listed. 11 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).
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References
Schaller, Waldemar Theodore (1916b), Inyoite and meyerhofferite, two new calcium borates: USGS Bulletin 610: 35.
Christ, C.L. & J.R. Clark (1960), X-ray crystallography and crystal chemistry of gowerite, CaO-3B2O3-5H2O: American Mineralogist: 45: 230-234.
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.
McAllister, James Franklin (1961), Sborgite in the Furnace Creek area, California: USGS PP 424-B, Article 129: B299-B301.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 228, 280.
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: 350.
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.: 9.
Konnert, J.A., Clark, J.R., and Christ, C.L. (1972) Gowerite, CaB5O8(OH) •B(OH)3•3H2O: crystal structure and comparison with related borates. American Mineralogist: 57: 381-396.
Muehle, G. (1974): Colemanite pseudomorphs from the Corkscrew mine, Death Valley, California. Mineralogical Record 5, 174-177.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 238, 246, 252.
Christ, C.L. & J.R. Clark (1960), X-ray crystallography and crystal chemistry of gowerite, CaO-3B2O3-5H2O: American Mineralogist: 45: 230-234.
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.
McAllister, James Franklin (1961), Sborgite in the Furnace Creek area, California: USGS PP 424-B, Article 129: B299-B301.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 228, 280.
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: 350.
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.: 9.
Konnert, J.A., Clark, J.R., and Christ, C.L. (1972) Gowerite, CaB5O8(OH) •B(OH)3•3H2O: crystal structure and comparison with related borates. American Mineralogist: 57: 381-396.
Muehle, G. (1974): Colemanite pseudomorphs from the Corkscrew mine, Death Valley, California. Mineralogical Record 5, 174-177.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 238, 246, 252.
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