Boraxo Mine (Kern Borate; Boraxo Deposit; Boraxo No. 1 and No. 2; Clara Claim; Thompson Mine; Tenneco Mine), Inyo Co., California, USA
REF:Deposit:: EVANS, J.R., TAYLOR, G.C., AND RAPP, J.S., 1976, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS IN DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL MONUMENT, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL REPORT 125, 61 P
Production:: EVANS AND OTHERS, 1976.
Reserve-Resource:: ESTIMATE BY G. ORRIS FROM PUBLISHED DATA, 1990.
Commodities (Major) - Boron-Borates
Development Status: Past Producer
Deposit Model: 260: Lacustrine borates
Host Rock Unit: Furnace Creek Formation
Structure: W-Trending E-Plunging Anticline, Death Valley Graben, Pit Fault; Minor Folding
Host Rock: Limestone, Clay, Mud, Mudstone, Sandstone, Shale
References:
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Report 26, "Guidebook: Las Vegas to Death Valley and Return," Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada - Reno, 1976.
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Map Reference: 36°20'23"N , 116°42'17"W
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