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Colemanite from
Lang Mine, Tick Canyon Borate deposit, Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Colemanite
Formula:Ca[B3O4(OH)3] · H2O
Comments:Occurs as thick and thin seams associated with howlite. Massive crystalline, often divergent, columnar structures. Much material is tinted by included mud.
Colour:Gray
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Howlite
Realgar
Strontianite
Veatchite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Colemanite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lang Mine, Tick Canyon Borate deposit, Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:132157
Long-form Identifier:1:3:132157:9
GUID (UUID V4):c44273c7-bf71-4ebb-aacf-e5acbaf3e8db
Nearest other occurrences of Colemanite
5.6km (3.5 miles) Lang, Los Angeles County, California, USA
63.8km (39.7 miles) Unnamed Borate prospects [2], Ojai, Ventura County, California, USA
72.1km (44.8 miles) Columbus Mine, Lockwood Valley, Lake of the Woods area, Ventura County Borate Mining District (Stauffer Mining District), San Emigdio Mountains, Ventura County, California, USA
72.7km (45.2 miles) Russell Mine, Lockwood Valley, Lake of the Woods area, Ventura County Borate Mining District (Stauffer Mining District), San Emigdio Mountains, Ventura County, California, USA
73.0km (45.4 miles) Unnamed Borate prospects [1], Lockwood Valley, Lake of the Woods area, Ventura County Borate Mining District (Stauffer Mining District), San Emigdio Mountains, Ventura County, California, USA
73.4km (45.6 miles) Frazier Mine (Frazier Borax Mine), Lockwood Valley, Lake of the Woods area, Ventura County Borate Mining District (Stauffer Mining District), San Emigdio Mountains, Ventura County, California, USA
75.1km (46.7 miles) Bitter Creek Borate Workings Mine (Bitter Creek claim; Bitter Crick placer claim; Merrill claim; Comet claim; Climax claim; Gridiron Placer Mining claim; Bueno claim), Lockwood Valley, Lake of the Woods area, Ventura County Borate Mining District (Stauffer Mining District), San Emigdio Mountains, Ventura County, California, USA
75.7km (47.0 miles) Rho B, Phelan, East Kramer Borate area (East Kramer Colemanite area), East Kramer Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA
76.0km (47.3 miles) Ives tunnel, Lockwood Valley, Lake of the Woods area, Ventura County Borate Mining District (Stauffer Mining District), San Emigdio Mountains, Ventura County, California, USA
76.4km (47.5 miles) Stubblefield & Halloway property, Lockwood Valley, Lake of the Woods area, Ventura County Borate Mining District (Stauffer Mining District), San Emigdio Mountains, Ventura County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
10(3)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Kramer district, California, USA; nearly identical to p-veatchite. 10.5 (100)...31.73 9.65 99.69 100.00 (1) Sterling mine, California, USA. (2) Sr2 B11 O16 (OH)5 • H2 O. Polymorphism...evaporite borate deposits formed by volcanic activity. Association: Howlite, colemanite (Sterling mine, California...California, USA). Distribution: In the USA, in California, from the Sterling borax mine, Tick Canyon, near...near Lang, Los Angeles Co.; and in drillcore no. 5, Four Corner area, Kramer district, San Bernardino Co
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
suggested that (1) priceite is sometimes derived from colemanite, (2) bakerite may be deposited by hydrothermal...inconsistent. The experimental results of examining California specimens are reported in this paper to help...(Collected Jry Corkscrew Canyon, Death W. T. Schaller) Valley area, Inyo County, Calif . (Exact .locality...DeBely Wash, 1000 feet SW. of DeBely Mine, Death Valley area, In1'6 County, Calif. l'loat. Encrusted and veined...Death Valley area, fnyo County, Calif. White veins associated rvith colemanite in basaltic tuff. (Tuff
Report (issue)
608(2) X-ray Powder Pattern: Sterling Borax mine, California, USA. 6.2 (100), 3.10 (90), 3.90 (80), 2.04 (70)...Daggett, California, USA; remainder is Na2 O and MgO: (3) Ca2 B5 SiO9 (OH)5 : Occurrence: In borate deposits...deposits. Association: Colemanite, ulexite, bakerite. Distribution: In Canada, near Windsor; at Wentworth;... In the USA, in California, in the Sterling Borax mine, Tick Canyon, near Lang, Los Angeles Co.; near...Gulch and at the Billie mine, near Ryan, Inyo Co.; at the Russell and other borate mines north of Lockwood
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
BORATES OF CALIFORNIA M. VONSEN Business man ( f a r m products) in Petaluma, California; amateur mineral...collector. The story of the discovery of borates in California is one of romance and adventure. In fact, one...minerals in the mountains and hills of northern California. No less arduous were the later discoveries,...1857, to the California Borax Company, for whom he was scouting the northern part of California in search...search of borate deposits of commercial importance. Actual discovery was made by Dr. Veatch in January, 1856
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)
DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN 1952 136 SUPPLEMENT DIVISION OF...BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO 1952 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA SUPPLEMENT TO BULLETIN By Joseph Murdoch •...Bulletin 136 and Supplement No. 1 Descriptions of California minerals and mineral localities Bibliography...Bulletin 136, the current revision of Minerals of California was published, it was planned to issue, from...inspection and use. The amount of new literature on California minerals, and the number of new-found occurrences
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
borates in the California area. ROCKS AND MINERALS September, 1951 BORATES OF CALIFORNIA M. V O N S E...E N Business man (farm products) in Petaluma, California; amateur mineral collector. 1856 is a memorable...28, 1857, to powder, and a sulphur deposit. Such re­ the California Borax Company, for whom ports spurred...supply an urgent need in the fornia in search of borate deposits of commercial importance. Actual discovery...sodium borate, which County) he crossed a steep range of hills seems to have been the only borate occur­
Report (issue)
BORATE DEPOSITS IN VENTURA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. By HOYT S. GALE. INTRODUCTION. Colemanite, a borate of...of lime, was first found in Death Valley, Inyo County, Cal., in 1882, and deposits of this mineral were...discovered in the following year in San Bernardino County near the old Calico mining district, about 12 miles...Within the next few years, owing to the use of colemanite as an ore of boric acid and borax, the production...less than 0 cents a pound. The colemanite deposits of Ventura County, Cal., were discovered in 1898,
Report (volume)
Differential Thermal Analysis of Selected Borate Minerals GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1036-K Differential... Differential Thermal Analysis of Selected Borate Minerals By ROBERT D. ALLEN A CONTRIBUTION GEOLOGICAL...__________ 20. Differential thermal analysis curves of colemanite and of ginorite____________________________________________...curve for the semiquantitative determination of colemanite and ulexite___________________________ 28. Differential...GEOCHEMISTRY DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS OF SELECTED BORATE MINERALS By EGBERT D. ABSTRACT Differential thermal
Journal (issue)
CONTRIBUTES 28 TONS OF SCRAP METAL.... SHIPMENT OF CALIFORNIA TIN ORE .......................................·-······························· 383 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 1. Tick Canyon. By Jack Schwartz ................Quarries: Careful searching of the dumps adjourning a mine or quarry always yields a goodly ~upply. As a rule...of the Shenandoah River at Riverton, in Warren County, Virginia. The bridges are on Route U. S. 522,...some of them. The most interesting mineral in the deposit, barite, appears in transparent to translucent
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town kept...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia... MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966) MURDOCH University of Caliiomia, Los Angeles...Ian Campbell and Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines
Report (issue)
-(;·ENElli\.L GEOLOGY, 1913. 1 THE OHJGIN OF COLEMANITE DEPOSITS. ·~ By IIOYT S. GALE. INTRODUCTION...several of the n1ore in1portant borate deposits in southern California during 1912 has suggested to the...on a short personal study of the borate deposits ill Ventura County, Cftl., supplmnentecl by 1nore cursor...discussing the econmnic geology of the colemanite deposits of Ventura County and the mining operations on them...opportunities for the study of the relationships of the colemanite ores. VOLCANIC ORIGIN OF BORIC ACID. It is generally
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
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LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS GtULlAil pplement 2 to INERALS OF CALIFORNIA r 1958 through 1961...1961 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS SEP 1 5 1PM Ui=JKAKY STATE OF CALIFORNIA THE RESOURCES AGENCY...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA For 1958 Through 1961' By JOSEPH MulbodH ^%^j; \> University of California, Los... Angele0 And ROBERT W. WE^B ^ Supplement 2 California Division of Mines Ferry Building, LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Francisco, 1964 of' .STATE )5#MUND ^^^ OF CALIFORNIA G. BROWN, Governor PIhe resources agency FISJHER/
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)
Minerals of California By ARTHUR S. EAKLE, MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining...Hon Hiram W. Johnson, Governor of the State of California. Sir: I have the honor to transmit Bureau...of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this date through...Bureau. and Mineralogy of the University of California, with this Eakle has given freely of his time...Minerals Distribution by Counties Bibliography on California Minerals Index to Minerals — 197 204 210 220
Report (issue)
] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia, Los Angek j Los Angeles, Caliiomia...ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price $3.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith...JenlCalifornia, Chief of the Division of Mines. Minerals of California is one of the Division's
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ghost towns of Nevada, western Utah and eastern California. Hardcover, 291 pages. Price $6.75. DEAD MEN... The OREGON DESERT The California Deserts Edmund C Jaeger THE CALIFORNIA DESERTS By EDMUND C. JAEGER...JAEGER A GUIDEBOOK TO THE MOHAVE DESERT OF CALIFORNIA by Russ Leadahrand. Includes Death Valley, Joshua...together a selection of 52 of their trips through California taken from their Happy Wanderer travel shows...back country. Although based on driving in Baja California, the information is applicable to all areas of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VEATCHITE, A NEW CALCIUM BORATE FROM LANG, CALIFORNIA GBoncaSwrrzrn, Haraaril (Jniuersity,Combrid.ge...veatchite, cagBoo. 2Hro, ^is a new mineral from Lang, california. rt is monoclinic, withlatticeconstants oo:6...of Petaluma, California, at the old colemanite mine at Lang, Los Angeles County, California, in September...hydration. VEATCHITE, A NEW CALCIUM BORATE TelrB Name Veatchite Colemanite Hydroboracite Meyerhofferite Inyoite...associated in deposits of a similar nature in several california localities, along with other borates,usually
Report (issue)
NOTE ON A COLEMANITE DEPOSIT NEAR SHOSHONE, CALIF., WITH A SKETCH OP THE GEOLOGY OF A PART OF AMARGOSA...1924,1 had an opportunity to examine a deposit of colemanite not far from the town, which had been discovered...were, as the deposit has not been described. The mineral colemanite (hydrous calcium borate, Ca2B6Ou.5H20)...southern and southeastern California and southern Nevada. Like all other known colemanite deposits, the newly...newly discovered deposit near Shoshone occurs in tilted clay shale of Tertiary age that was laid down in
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No STATE ; . .. : DlViSIi BUILDIN 113 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE...AGRICULTURE DAVIS, CALIFORNIA STATE OF CAUFORNIA DEPABTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By ADOLF PABST Associate Professor of Mineralogy University of California BERKELEY...BERKELEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE. State Printer SACRAMENTO. 51440 1938 TABLE...Letter of Transmittal 5 Map 6 Outline o['. California Preface 7 Introduction 11 Native Elements
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PROBERTITEFROM LOS ANGBLES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Josnrn Munloclt, (JnittersityoJ Cali'fornia at Los Angeles' A small...specimen sent the writer recently, marked "Lang Borax Mine,tt proved on examination to be probertite....Kramer districts, in California, advantage was taken of a class field trip to the Lang area, where a good...similar occurrenceof ulexite describedfrom the Suckow mine in the Kramer district,2 led to the thought that...any ulexite' 1 Foshag, w. F., The origin of the colemanite deposits of califotnia: (rezr). Econ. Geol'
Report (issue)
M^iajKaMVMtrVMMIMMVW^- 'Vv s > MINERALS Of CALIFORNIA BULl,ETIN N«, 91 issei0 BY rr: ^ ;wIFORNIA...BULLETIN [November, 1922 No. 91 Minerals of California $ BY ARTHUR S. EAKLE, Ph. D. Professor...Mineralogy, University of California COMPLIMENTS OF ^^^foyd Sc, c/iosty GIST CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE...Stephens, Governor of the State of California, Sacramento, California Sir: I have the honor to transmit...upon the minerals of California. This bulletin records our knowledge of California minerals to date,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Muntocn aNl RolBnt W. Wnee, Unittersity of California at Los Angeles. INrnooucrroN In this paper have been...descriptionsof new mineral localities in southern California, and observations on some localitiespreviously...Schallerrfrom Mt. Blanco, Death Valley, Inyo County, California. The specimen contained three transparent...of the Avawatz mountains, San Bernardino County, California, at Owl Hole Spring, T. 27 S., R. 3 E., Avawatz...3Mann, R. L., Owl Head manganese deposit, San Bernardino County. California: M ining W orld., 44, 7 43-7
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGICAL SO­ CIETY OF AMERICA, HELD AT BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, MARCH 31 AND APRIL 1, 19111 G eorge D. L ou...Neocolemanite, a variety of colemanite, and howlite from Lang, Los Angeles County, California [abstract]; by A....Miocene of the southern Coast Range region of California, [abstract] ; by G. I). Louderback.............to order in room 34, South Hall, University of California, Berkeley, at 2.15 p. m., March 31, 1911, by...G E L E S COUNTY, C A L IF O R N I A BY ARTHUR S. EAKLE A calcium borate occurs near Lang which differs
 
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