Regional Report: Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA

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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Albite - 4

Analcime - 2, 6, 4

'Apatite' - 4

Aragonite - 4

Arsenic - 4

Arsenolite - 4

Augite - 4

Baryte - 4

Barytocalcite - 4

'Bentonite' - 4

Berthierite - 4

Biotite - 8, 4

Borax - 3, 2, 1, 7, 6, 4

Calcite - 2, 7, 6, 8, 4

Chabazite-Na - 2

'Chlorite Group' - 8, 4

'Clay' - 4

'Clinoptilolite' - 4

Clinoptilolite-Na - 2

Colemanite - 2, 7, 6, 4

Copiapite - 4

Dolomite - 8, 4

Epidote - 4

Epsomite - 4

'Erionite' - 4

'Feldspar Group' - 4

'Ferroan Saponite' - 2

'Garnet Group' - 4

Garrelsite - 4

Gerstleyite - 1, 6, 8, 4

'Gmelinite' - 2

Gmelinite-Na - 2

Greigite - 2, 6, 8, 4

Gypsum - 4

Halite - 4

Hematite - 4

Herschelite - 2

'Heulandite' - 2

Heulandite-Na - 2

Hisingerite - 4

'Hornblende' - 4

Howlite - 4

Hydroboracite - 2, 7, 6, 4

Hypersthene - 4

Illite - 4

Ilmenite - 4

Inderite - 1, 7, 6, 4

Inyoite - 7, 4

Kaolinite - 4

Kernite - 7, 6, 8, 5, 4

Kurnakovite - 1, 7, 6, 4

'Labradorite' - 4

Lepidocrocite - 4

Limonite - 4

Mackinawite - 4

Magnetite - 4

Mazzite-Na - 2

Meyerhofferite - 7, 4

'Mica Group' - 4

Microcline - 4

Mirabilite - 4

'Monazite' - 4

Montmorillonite - 8, 4

Mordenite - 2

Muscovite - 4

Natrojarosite - 4

Natrolite - 4

'Olivine' - 4

Opal - 4

Orpiment - 7, 6

Pararealgar - 6

'Phillipsite' - 2, 4

Phillipsite-Na - 2

Phlogopite - 4

Probertite - 2, 1, 7, 6, 4

Pseudobrookite - 4

Pyrite - 4

Pyrrhotite - 2, 4

Quartz - 4

Realgar - 3, 7, 6, 4

Rhodochrosite - 2, 4

Rutile - 4

Sassolite - 6, 8, 4

Searlesite - 2, 7, 8, 4

Sideronatrite - 4

Smythite - 6, 4

Stibnite - 4

'Stilbite' - 2

Strontianite - 4

Sulphur - 4

Thenardite - 4

Tincalconite - 3, 1, 7, 6, 4

Titanite - 4

'Tourmaline' - 4

Tridymite - 4

Tunellite - 3, 7, 6, 4

Ulexite - 3, 2, 7, 6, 4

Veatchite - 6

Witherite - 4

Zircon - 4

100 minerals listed.

Locality Key

1	Baker mine, U.S. Borax Mine (Pacific West Coast Borax Mine; Pacific Coast Borax Co. Mine; Boron Mine; U.S. Borax and Chemical Corp. Mine; Kramer Mine; Baker Mine), Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA
2	Boron Pit, Baker mine, U.S. Borax Mine (Pacific West Coast Borax Mine; Pacific Coast Borax Co. Mine; Boron Mine; U.S. Borax and Chemical Corp. Mine; Kramer Mine; Baker Mine), Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA
3	Jennifer mine, Baker mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA
4	Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA

5	Rich Station, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA
6	U.S. Borax Mine (Pacific West Coast Borax Mine; Pacific Coast Borax Co. Mine; Boron Mine; U.S. Borax and Chemical Corp. Mine; Kramer Mine; Baker Mine), Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA
7	U.S. Borax Open Pit, U.S. Borax Mine (Pacific West Coast Borax Mine; Pacific Coast Borax Co. Mine; Boron Mine; U.S. Borax and Chemical Corp. Mine; Kramer Mine; Baker Mine), Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA
8	Western Mine (Mudd Mine), Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA

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