Mineralization is a lacustrine borate deposit (deposit model 260) hosted in rocks of the Furnace Creek Formation (limestone, shale).
Local structures include a complexly folded and faulted area.
Reserve-Resource data: Deposit estimate is based on data from Evans (1976).
References
Evans, James R., G.C. Taylor, and J.S. Rapp (1976) Mines and mineral deposits in Death Valley National Monument. California Division Mines and Geology Special Report 125: 1-61.
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 253.
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