Locality type: Mining District Classification Species: Priceite Formula: Ca2 B5 O7 (OH)5 · H2 O Comments: Occurs as cryptocrystalline nodules, irregular masses and veins in highly altered, fragmental basalt and sediments of the Furnace Creek Formation; harder, cryptocrystalline material is white. Crystals average 20 microns; weathered material is tinted. Colour: white, soft-white, grayish, greenish Confirmation Validity: Believed Valid Data Mineral Data: Click here to view Priceite data Locality Data: Click here to view Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA Data Identifiers Mindat Occurrence Record ID: 670173 Long-form Identifier: 1:3:670173:4 GUID (UUID V4 ): 9aeb4ec8-a470-43b1-9a55-cfbf1c8b6fc9 Localities for Priceite in this Region Furnace Creek Wash (Monte Blanco Borax and Salt mining district; Death Valley Borax and Salt mining district), Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA Boraxo Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA Hard Scramble claim, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA Corkscrew Diversion Channel occurrence, Mouth of Corkscrew Canyon area, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA Oliver claim (Neglect claim; Oliver Consolidated claim), Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA Meridian claim, Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA Mott prospect (Mott Colemanite prospect; Mott open cut), Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA Twenty Mule Team Road occurrences, Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA Nearest other occurrences of Priceite
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘ Monte Blanco Mine, Monte Blanco, Black Mountains, Amargosa Range, Inyo County, California, USA 1.5km (0.9 miles) ⓘ Corkscrew Diversion Channel occurrence, Mouth of Corkscrew Canyon area, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA 2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘ Mott prospect (Mott Colemanite prospect; Mott open cut), Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA 3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘ Twenty Mule Team Road occurrences, Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA 3.0km (1.9 miles) ⓘ Meridian claim, Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA 6.6km (4.1 miles) ⓘ Boraxo Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA 7.1km (4.4 miles) ⓘ Hard Scramble claim, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA 10.3km (6.4 miles) ⓘ Furnace Creek Wash (Monte Blanco Borax and Salt mining district; Death Valley Borax and Salt mining district), Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA 10.5km (6.5 miles) ⓘ Oliver claim (Neglect claim; Oliver Consolidated claim), Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA 24.4km (15.2 miles) ⓘ Bennetts Well, Inyo County, California, USA References Year ⬇ Author Title Publisher
Mott prospect, Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek Mining District, Inyo County, California, USA