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Ulexite from
Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Ulexite
Formula:NaCa[B5O6(OH)6] · 5H2O
Comments:Fibrous or acicular masses with silky luster; as mushroom and as "cottonballs" of soft, matted fibers/nodules.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Arsenic
Garrelsite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Kurnakovite35 photos of Ulexite associated with Kurnakovite at this locality.
Tunellite21 photos of Ulexite associated with Tunellite at this locality.
Calcite20 photos of Ulexite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Colemanite16 photos of Ulexite associated with Colemanite at this locality.
Inderite10 photos of Ulexite associated with Inderite at this locality.
Realgar7 photos of Ulexite associated with Realgar at this locality.
Orpiment4 photos of Ulexite associated with Orpiment at this locality.
Borax4 photos of Ulexite associated with Borax at this locality.
Pararealgar3 photos of Ulexite associated with Pararealgar at this locality.
Inyoite3 photos of Ulexite associated with Inyoite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ulexite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (3 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:510028
Long-form Identifier:1:3:510028:6
GUID (UUID V4):f5e77150-7817-4a5d-8c8f-016f03dce04f
Localities for Ulexite in this Region
Rio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
Jenifer Mine, Rio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
Rio Tinto Borax open pit, Rio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
Unnamed Pumice quarry [3], West Baker, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
West Baker Mine, West Baker, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Ulexite
0.6km (0.4 miles) West Baker Mine, West Baker, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Rio Tinto Borax open pit, Rio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
0.8km (0.5 miles) Rio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
5.0km (3.1 miles) Unnamed Pumice quarry [3], West Baker, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
35.5km (22.1 miles) Koehn Lake evaporite deposit, Koehn Lake (Kane Springs; Desert Springs), Saltdale, Fremont Valley, Kern County, California, USA
37.3km (23.2 miles) Unnamed Borate occurrence [3], Koehn Lake (Kane Springs; Desert Springs), Saltdale, Fremont Valley, Kern County, California, USA
37.9km (23.6 miles) Cotton Ball Borax Mine, Koehn Lake evaporite deposit, Koehn Lake (Kane Springs; Desert Springs), Saltdale, Fremont Valley, Kern County, California, USA
46.3km (28.8 miles) Red Rock Canyon prospects, Ricardo, El Paso Mountains District, Kern County, California, USA
75.5km (46.9 miles) Daggett, Calico District (Daggett District; Calico-Daggett area), Calico Mts (Calico Hills), San Bernardino County, California, USA
75.7km (47.0 miles) China Lake Mine (China Lake deposit), China Lake, China Lake [town], Kern County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
Ulexite NaCaB5 O6 (OH)6 • 5H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Triclinic...36(2)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Jenifer mine, Boron, California, USA. 12.2 (100), 7.75 (80), 6.00 (30), 4.16...56 Total 100.11 100.00 (1) Suckow mine, Boron, California, USA. (2) NaCaB5 O6 (OH)6 • 5H2 O. Occurrence:...bedded sedimentary deposits formed from these, the boron supplied from surrounding hot springs. Some occurrences...occurrences contain upwards of one billion tons of ulexite. Association: Colemanite, borax, meyerhofferite
Report (issue)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BORATE DEPOSITS by G.J. Orris l Open-File Report 95-842...INTRODUCTION REFERENCES TABLES Table 1. Borate deposits. Table 2. Deposit type codes. Table 3. Production codes...- 1 42 2 41 41 INTRODUCTION The data on the borate deposits listed in this report were collected from...lists known borate deposits sorted by country and then site name. Data listed for each deposit includes...springs, whether or not the deposit crops out at the surface, and if the deposit is known to have produced
Report (issue)
560(2) c = 6.588(1) X-ray Powder Pattern: Boron, California, USA. 9.12 (100), 2.807 (35), 6.62 (20), 3.52...65 Total [100.00] 100.00 (1) Baker mine, California, USA; average of two analyses, recalculated to 100%...lake-bed deposits, the boron supplied by hydrothermal spring activity; may be an ore of boron. Association: ... Kernite, colemanite, ulexite, borax. Distribution: In the USA, in California, from the Baker, Western...Western Borax, and Suckow mines, Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co.; in several mines around Ryan, and
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: Furnace Creek district, California, USA. 6.57 (100), 4.525 (11), 3.867 (9), 5.138 (8)...26.95 18.74 Total 100.12 100.00 (1) Boron, California, USA; H2 O by loss on ignition. (2) SrB6 O9...secondary mineral formed in borate deposits. Association: Inderite, kurnakovite, ulexite, hydroboracite, colemanite...Distribution: In the USA, in California, from the Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co.; at the Thompson...east Kramer district, Inyo Co. In Turkey, from the Günevi and Kireçlik deposits, Bigadiç borate district
Report (issue)
= 15.6774(5) X-ray Powder Pattern: Tincalayu deposit, Argentina. 7.40 (100), 6.64 (85), 3.253 (34),...22.68 26.37 Total 99.89 100.00 • (1) Kern Co., California, USA. (2) Na2 B4 O6 (OH)2 3H2 O Occurrence:...An important ore mineral of borax in sedimentary borate deposits, deposited under warm conditions or formed... inyoite, ulexite, colemanite. Distribution: From the Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co., California...California, USA. In the Tincalayu borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta Province, Argentina. From
Report (issue)
8221(3) X-ray Powder Pattern: Jenifer mine, Boron, California, USA. (ICDD 36–423). 5.052 (100), 3.357 (68)...28 Total 100.10 100.00 • (1) Jenifer mine, California, USA. (2) MgB3 O3 (OH)5 5H2 O. Polymorphism & Series:...mineral in lacustrine borate deposits. Association: Hydroboracite (Inder deposit, Kazakhstan); kurnakovite...(Sarıkaya, Turkey); borax, ulexite, orpiment, realgar (Boron, California, USA). Distribution: From Kyzyl...Mountain, Inder boron deposit, Kazakhstan. In the USA, in California, large crystals in the Boron open pit,
Report (issue)
Occurrence: Along fractures and nodular in sedimentary borate deposits; may be authigenic in playa sediments...priceite, hydroboracite, ulexite, gypsum. Distribution: In the USA, in California, from an adit on Mount...Death Valley, Inyo Co., and in the Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co. From Hillsborough and Wentworth...amounts in the Inder boron deposit, Kazakhstan. From many deposits in the Bigadiç borate district, Balıkesir...Blanca deposit, eight km southwest of Coranzulı́, Jujuy Province; in the Tincalayu borax deposit, Salar
Report (issue)
81(1)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Mt. Blanco, California, USA. (ICDD 12-411). 8.31 (100), 6.47 (100), 4.97...21 Total 100.61 100.00 • (1) Mt. Blanco, California, USA. (2) CaB3 O3 (OH)5 H2 O. Occurrence: Typically...or lake-bed borate deposits. Association: Inyoite, colemanite, hydroboracite, ulexite. Distribution:...Distribution: In the USA, from the Mt. Blanco deposit and along Gower Gulch, Furnace Creek district, Death Valley...Valley, Inyo Co., and in the Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co., California. At Mesa del Almo, 13 km
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
RICHARD C. Eau U.S. ~eologisal Survey, Menlo Park, California 94025 aeon known hyrax borats mineral ~rnbl~~...specimens, we have found that the ~g~~~ant hy~a~d borate mineral a~embl~es can be represented ~o~ve~eutly...considered. We are particularly concerned with the borate deposits of the western United States; deposits...In the ease of a relatively newly * Studies of borate minerak XIII. Survey. 3?ubIioationauthorized by...O,4H,O COf@maniti Prioeite Inyoite Nobleite KRAMER R%ferenceIa M%yerh~e~te Oxids formula 4Ca0*5B
Report (issue)
Areal .Geology of the ,,. Western Mojave Desert California .. GEOLOGICAL b SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER... Areal Geology of the Western· Moj.ave Desert California By TI-IOMAS W. DIBBLEE, ]R. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY... AREAL GEOLOGY OF THE WESTERN MOJAVE DESERT CALIFORNIA .,. Aerial view looking nol'thwest o,·er the...Formation ______________________ _ Castle Butte, Boron, and Kramer Hills areas __ _ Unnamed lower part of Tropico...occurrences of borate minerals_ Discovery and mining of borate minerals___ _ __ Geology of known borate deposits_____________
Report (issue)
on soils in arid regions. Association: Inyoite, ulexite, colemanite, kernite, kurnakovite, trona, aphthitalite...hanksite, halite, gypsum. Distribution: An ore of boron in some deposits, with numerous minor occurrences... In the Kirka borate deposit, Kütahya Province, Turkey. From the Inder borate deposit, Kazakhstan. In...Blanca deposit, eight km southwest of Coranzulı́, Jujuy Province; in the Tincalayu borax deposit, Salar...del Hombre Muerto, Salta Province. In the USA, in California, commercial deposits at Borax Lake, Lake
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chemistry of kurnakovite from Kramer Deposit (Kern County, California), ideally MgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O, were...2O, is a complex hydrous borate mineral found as a common constituent of borate deposits, along with borax...borax [ideally Na2(B4O5)(OH)4·8H2O] and ulexite {ideally NaCa[B5O6(OH)6]·5H2O}. Natural borates represent...represent the most important source of boron, which is an important geochemical marker for petrogenetic processes...harmful radiations. Approximately 20% of natural boron is 10B, which shows a high capacity to absorb thermal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A boron isotopic study of a mineralogically zoned lacustrine borate deposit: the Kramer deposit, California...Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 381.5’2. USA b Chemical and Analytical Sciences Division, Oak...Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA ’ U.S. Borax, Inc., Boron. CA 93516, USA Received 27 July 1994; accepted...investigation of the boron isotopic composition of hydrated borates in the Kramer lacustrine deposit of southern...southern California was undertaken in an effort to better understand the origins of mineralogically zoned deposits
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Implications for the high-pressure stability of borate polyhedra Marcus Silva1,*, Earl F. O’Bannon III2...Planetary Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, California 95064, U.S.A. Physical and Life Sciences...Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, U.S.A. 2 Abstract The Raman and infrared...novel mineral that contains mixed coordination borate groups (threefold and fourfold), as well as both...environments of boron than are present in the starting materials: thus, pressure treatment of boron-rich materials
Report (issue)
Industrial Mineral Deposit Models-Descriptive models for three lacustrine deposit types by G.J. Orris...descriptive deposit models to accompany Open-File Reports OF91-11, "Some industrial mineral deposit models:...Descriptive deposit models" (Orris and Bliss, 1991), and OF92-437, "Industrial minerals deposit models: Grade...lacustrine deposit types associated with stratified lakes and (or) evaporative conditions. These deposit types..., 1991, Some industrial mineral deposit models: descriptive deposit models: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File
Book
MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines and mineral resources - California. I. MUidoch, J oseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. 11. Title. QE375.C32P45 549.9794 81-15963 ISBN 0-442-274882 AACR2 Preface
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
pp. 1179-1204 (2004) ZONING IN THE KIRKA BORATE DEPOSIT, WESTERN TURKEY: PRIMARY EVAPORITIC FRACTIONATION...E-08028 Barcelona, Spain ABSTRACT The Kırka borate deposit (Miocene), in western Turkey, the most important...central body of Na borate (borax), an intermediate zone of Na–Ca borate (ulexite), and a marginal zone...zone of Ca borate (colemanite). This mineral zonation is also developed in a vertical sense, although it...asymmetrical because of the presence of a discontinuous Mg borate horizon overlying the central body of borax. The
Book
7 257989 R q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. II. Title. centennial volume, QE375.C32P45 ISBN 0-442-27488 2 549.9794
Report (issue)
PART OF THE MOJAVE DESERT, CALIFORNIA, WITH PARTICULAR RESPECT.TO THE BORON CONTENT OF WELL WATER " By...nomenclature of the Geological Survey Long Beach, California 1957 COETEET3 Page and conclusions - Introduction...28 Utility of the water-analysis diagram 31 Boron factor - 33 Chemical symbols used on maps 35...35 Description of ground-water areas - $6 Boron area of Antelope Valley Geology and physiography 37...Water-analysis diagram shoving chemical character of four California waters shown in table 2, and position of chemicals-character
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WARREN T. HANNUM, Director DIVISION OF MINES...State Mineralogist JANUARY Vol. 42 1946 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...STATE MINERALOGISTS REPORT XL1I printed in California state printing office B4257 'DAVIS 1 DIVISION...Geology of Santa Rosa Mountain Area, Riverside County, California, by Lawrence B. Wright Geology and Nickel...Diego 15 County, California, by S. C. Creasey Tin Deposits of the Gorman District, Kern County, California
Book (volume)
Louisiana . 70 85 Geology of the I. M. C. Potash Deposit, Esterhazy, Saskatchewan . 95 Petr ofabric Analysis...Borates of Kramer, California. . . . Stratigraphic and Structural Evolution of the Kramer Sodium Borate Ore...Ore Body, Boron, California . . . . . . . . . 102 122 Complex Salts and Brines of the Paradox Basin ....Canada Salt Deposits 276 Recent South American Borate Deposits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paleolimnology...University of Arizona, Tucson Thomas A. Gerrard The California Company New Orleans, Louisiana ABSTRACT The
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3.809 ARSENIC INCORPORATION IN COLEMANITE FROM BORATE DEPOSITS: DATA FROM ICP–MS, m-SXRF, XAFS AND EPR... Canada Abstract World-class borate deposits in Turkey and California contain elevated concentrations...suppliers of water, but also the commercial exports of boron products. Most previous studies and remediation...remediation efforts of arsenic contamination in borate deposits have focused on sulfarsenides. Inductively coupled...(m-SXRF) mapping reveal that colemanite, a major borate ore mineral, contains up to 125 ppm arsenic. Arsenic
Report (issue)
CORE LOGS FROM FIVE HOLES NEAR KRAMER, IN THE MOJAVE DESERT, CALIFORNIA William K. Benda, R. C. Erd,.... 27 Mineralogy. ...................... 30 Boron content of the cores. .............. 32 Correlation...five holes near Kramer, in the Mojave Desert, California. .......... v/2. Map of Kramer-Four Corners area...area, California, \ shoving geology and gravimetric data. ........ . / 3. 11 Graphic logs of the...near Kramer, California. . . . ..... Table 11 . . 39 1. Sequence*of rock units near Kramer, California
Journal (issue)
S. Stolberg A notable probertite find at Boron, California ...............................315 by J. Minette... Mira Loma, Cali- RED CLOUD MINE SITE, YU M A COUNTY. ARIZONA WULFENITE, Red Ckud M m 7 JTQ MINERAL...ineralogists are encouraged, in all instances, to deposit all studied samples in these repositories. Unfortunately...the genius Mendelejev predicted two elements eka-boron and eka-aluminum (or scandium and gallium respectively)...labels, polybags, vials. WOW! 2nd occurrence (1st in USA) of this rare sodium phosphomolybdate! Rich yellow
Report (volume)
BORON MINERALOGY, PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY Second Printing with corrections and additions Edited by...SHORT COURSE NOTES ) ISSN 0275-0279 Volume 33 BORON: Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry ISBN 0-939950-41-3...SUITE 6 0 1 WASHINGTON, D C 2 0 0 3 6 U . S . A . BORON: MINERALOGY, PETROLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY FOREWORD...2002 COVER: The cover illustrates the entry for boron in the Periodic Table. From upper left to right...a close match to the diagnostic flame color for boron obtained when a mixture of boric acid and methanol
 
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