REF:Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES' MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1978-1979, VOL. 1, P 120.
Deposit:: SMITH, W.C., 1968, BORAX SOLUTION AT KRAMER, CALIFORNIA, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 63, NO. 2, P. 877 - 883.
Deposit:: NOBLE, L.F., 1926, BORATE DEPOSITS IN THE KRAMER DISTRICT KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, USGS BULLETIN 785-C, P. 45 - 61.
Deposit:: SCHALLER, W.T., 1929, BORATE MINERALS FROM THE KRAMER DISTRICT, MOJAVE DESERT, CALIFORNIA, USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 158, P. 137 - 170.
Deposit:: OBERT, L., AND LONG, A.E., 1962, UNDERGROUND BORATE MINING, KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6110, P. 1 - 12.
Deposit:: VER PLANK, W.E., 1962, KRAMER BORATE DISTRICT, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 1, P. 39 - 40.
Deposit:: O'DRISCOLL, MIKE, 1990, MINERALS IN THE US SOUTH-WEST--BREAKING ROCKS IN THE HOT SUN: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 272, P. 56, 59.
Deposit:: KISTLER, R.B., AND SMITH, W.C., 1975, BORON AND BORATES, IN LEFOND, S.J., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS (NONMETALLICS OTHER THAN FUELS): NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 473-496.
Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1993, THE ECONOMICS OF BORON 1993, 7TH ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 156 P.
Deposit:: SMITH, G.I., 1985, BORATE DEPOSITS IN THE UNITED STATES - DISSIMILAR IN FORM, SIMILAR IN GEOLOGIC SETTING, IN BARKER, J.M., AND LEFOND, S.J., EDS., BORATES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND PRODUCTION: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 37-51.
Other Database:: CIMRI
Production:: WORLD MINING DEVELOPMENTS 1979-80, P. 419.
Reserve-Resource:: KISTLER AND SMITH, 1985; ROSKILL, 1993.
Commodities (Major) - Boron-Borates; (Trace) - Arsenic, Antimony, Clay - Bentonite
Development Status: Producer
Deposit Model: 260: Lacustrine borates
Host Rock Unit: Tank Hill Limestone
Structure: Downwarped Ancient Lakebed, Folded And Faulted, Structural Basin, Portal Fault (Strikes West)
Host Rock: Shale, Claystone, Sandstone, Volcanic Ash
Tectonic Structure: West Central Mojave Desert
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