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Ulexite from
Boraxo Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Ulexite
Formula:NaCa[B5O6(OH)6] · 5H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Colemanite
Probertite
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Ulexite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Boraxo Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:326755
Long-form Identifier:1:3:326755:4
GUID (UUID V4):7eb63209-a565-45ed-a1cc-282155ac3b54
Nearest other occurrences of Ulexite
0.6km (0.3 miles) ⓘHard Scramble claim, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
1.2km (0.7 miles) ⓘInyo Mine (Inyo prospect), Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘBillie Mine (Billie group; Ryan Mine; Billie I Mine; Billie II Mine), Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) ⓘSigma Mine (White Monster Mine; Sigma-White Monster Mine), Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
4.1km (2.5 miles) ⓘUpper Biddy Mine (Upper Biddy McCarthy Mine; Big Biddy Mine), Biddy McCarthy Mines, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
4.3km (2.6 miles) ⓘOliver claim (Neglect claim; Oliver Consolidated claim), Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) ⓘPlayed Out Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
5.7km (3.5 miles) ⓘWidow No. 1 Mine (Widow Mine), Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
5.7km (3.6 miles) ⓘWidow No. 7 Mine (Old Widow), Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘWidow No. 3 Mine (New Widow), Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BORATE DEPOSITS by G.J. Orris l Open-File Report 95-842...CONTENTS INTRODUCTION REFERENCES TABLES Table 1. Borate deposits. Table 2. Deposit type codes. Table 3...- 1 42 2 41 41 INTRODUCTION The data on the borate deposits listed in this report were collected from...limited published reports. Table 1 lists known borate deposits sorted by country and then site name....and 3, respectively. Arituzar Mine Calichar Caftuelas Daniel Mine San Marcos Volcanclto Salar Centenario
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
A Boron Isotope Study of the Furnace Creek, California, Borate District George H. Swihart,1,† Steven...Department 4 Chemical and Borax Inc., Valencia, California 91355 of Chemistry, University of Memphis, Memphis...approximately 30 known deposits in the Furnace Creek, California, borate district reveal mineralogical zoning of...feature an Na-Ca borate (ulexite and/or probertite) inner zone (or zones) surrounded by Ca borate (colemanite)...and colemanite-only deposits. The Ca and Na-Ca borate zoning has been characterized as either primary
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Library] at 07:06 06 January 2015 Even though California is known as the “Golden State, ” it could also...the Tourmaline State, or the Colemanite State. California is, in fact, one of the world’s greatest sources...localities, the reader is encouraged to consult the “California Locality Index” (Kampf et al. 1989). The bibliography...great deal from the many publications of the California Division of Mines and Geology. The most valuable...mines in California is the Consolidated Index of Publications, Division of Mines and State Mining Bureau
Report (issue)
OF THE NORTHERN BLACK MOUNTAINS, DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA By ROBERT C. GREENE with a contribution to...Stratigraphy of the northern Black Mountains and Furnace Creek wash......................... 19 A revised stratigraphy..................40 Sedimentary rocks and tuff of Ryan area......................................................................................42 Furnace Creek Formation.............................................................................46 Furnace Creek Formation, upper units ....................
Report (issue)
Pattern: Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Death Valley, California, USA. 3.13 (100), 5.64 (50), 3.85 (50), 2.550 (50)...Valley, California, USA. (2) Ca2 B6 O11 • 5H2 O. Occurrence: A common constituent in borate deposits...typically under warm conditions. Association: Howlite, ulexite, searlesite, priceite, nobleite, ginorite, gowerite...sedimentary borate deposits worldwide. In the USA, in California, from Death Valley, near Ryan, Furnace Creek...Creek district, in the Thompson mine and the Boraxo mine, fine crystals; at Borate, about 10 km northeast
Journal (issue)
of the Little Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ..................... B. Spaulding R. A. Mason & R. F. Martin , California locality index ...........................................129 by A. R. Kampf & the Southern California Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy, Locality...e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey, M....Louis B. Spaulding, Jr. P. O. Box 807, Ramona, California 92065 Roger A. M ason Dept, of Earth Sciences
Report (issue)
OF MAP UNITS Alluvium 116°46'50" TERTIARY Furnace Creek Formation Upper mudstone or Orange tuff 5020...part Tad 50 35 40 cm 5 ux 40 White Monster mine 1:150,000 40 45 35 EXPLANATION OF MAP SYMBOLS...contacts 0 45 Tms 35 Tb1 Qal 50 ux Widow #3 mine ot 20 Tmt 4 48 Tcg Direction of plunge 40...Grand View mine Widow mine 4 KILOMETERS 65 Inferred from crumpled bed A' 3 Upper Biddy mine 116°46'30"...where inferred A 2 Ryan 70 Inclined 50 1 Oakley mine 4 MILES Played Out mine 45 Stike and dip
Journal (issue)
Cooper Nottingham, England Anthony R. Kampf L.A. County Mus. of Nat. Hist. Los Angeles, CA Steven R. Morehead...alp ern 45 Forest Side Avenue San Francisco, California 94127 The Mineralogical Record, volume 2 7 ...useum , N atural H istory M useum o f Los Angeles County, A m erican M useum o f N atural History, and others...aterials Research Stanford University Stanford, California 94305-4045 Luminescence is not only a source...crystals to 2 m m , from the Cam p Bird m in e, Ouray County, C olorado. T he outer zone fluoresces blue but
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
western Turkey containing signicant amounts of borate minerals, mainly colemanite. The petrologic study...celestite and kalistrontite), borates (colemanite, ulexite, hydroboracite, tunellite, kaliborite and aristarainite)...accumulates in basaltic magmas, thus mostly all large borate deposits were formed in arid intermontane depressions...precipitation of Ca-, Ca/Na-, Na-, and Mg-bearing borate salts. In this context, the precipitation of borates...parageneses are not common. Only a few cases of borate-sulfate associations in lacustrine formations have
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SCIENTIFIC BORATE AND ZEOLITE CO_/llMUNIC.4 TIONS 1883 OCCURRENCE NEAR MAGDMLENA. SONORA, Introduction...unpavedroad to aSA MEXICO ALES Cucurpe. The borate depositwas first describedby McAnulty and Hoffer..."Mesa del Alamo district." Lefond examined this possibly significant borate district followingearly...disseminated clinoptilolite. The Mesa del Alamo district is within the south- ward extensionof the Basin...(Raines, 1978). Becausethe borate deposits of Nevada and many in California are in the Basin and Range
Journal (issue)
appointment Tourmaline Tourmaline Queen Mine Pala, California NEW ACQUISITIONS: AZURITE - Mibladen, Morocco...for writ­ ing and research on the minerals of California, has been a vital force in FM since its inception...to m eeting tax obliga­ tions in the State of California, under whose laws FM is incorporated. (5) H.... Earl P em berton, of Santa M onica, California, was asked to serve as FM Parliam entarian. The president...UNLIMITED D ept. M R P. O. Box 877 Ridgecrest, California 93555 57 Neal Yedlin, 129 Englewood Drive
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REASURE_FROM THE INTED ILLS A History of Calico, California, 1882-1907 Douglas Steeples Foreword by David...from the painted hills : a history of Calico, California, I 882- 1907 / Douglas Steeples ; foreword by... Chapter 5 Saturday Night in Calico: Life in a Mining Camp 79 Chapter 6 Remembering Calico: Historical...Mirages 107 Appendix By-laws ofthe Calico Mining District 121 Select Bibliography 125 Index 135...24 Silver King Mill 24 Waterloo Mine Ore Bin 25 Waterloo Mine Ore Train 25 Waterloo Mill Toward
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andAssociated Evaporites at EagleBoraxSpring, DeathValley,California: A Spectroscopic Exploration JAMESK. CROWLEY...crusts at theEagleBoraxspring in DeathValley,California, contain anarrayof rareMg and K borateminerals...theoccurrence of ulexitein bothNa borate(borax-kernite) andCa borate(ulexite-eolemanite) deposits similarly...late-stage concentration products of watersforming ulexite-eolemanite deposits andaretherefore mostlikelyto...occurin themarginal zonesor nearbymudfheies of ulexite-eolemanite orebodies. Undersomecircumstances, Mg
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Sabelli & G. Brizzi Osarizawaite from the Silver Hill mine, Arizona ........................ 311 by C. S. Stolberg...Stolberg A notable probertite find at Boron, California ...............................315 by J. Minette...tungsten mine, central Kazakhstan, U.S.S.R. The specimen was collected in 1982. The Aktschatau mine is among...State Mint, Mira Loma, Cali- RED CLOUD MINE SITE, YU M A COUNTY. ARIZONA WULFENITE, Red Ckud M m 7 JTQ...Western art would regularly include scenes of mining and mining life, but apparently it is easier for artists
Book
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Berkeley Los Angeles London PRESS To Naomi and Ondi University of California Press...Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University of California Press, Ltd. London, England Copyright...Copyright © 1986 by The Regents of the University of California Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication...Gold mines and mining—Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)—History. 4. Gold mines and mining—Amargosa River...Indians and horse thieves, lost argonauts and lost mine hunters, prospectors and promoters, miners and millionaires
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Minette of the U.S. Borax operation at Boron, California. Both Fred Divoto and Ruth Kirkby, dedicated...provide an account of his experiences in the Sterling mine. Don Newsome, first president of the Fluorescent... Some Early Day Collecting / 32 In the Sterling Mine / 40 Building a Collection / 52 Preparation and...Balmat-Edwards District, New York / 84 The Colorado Plateau / 87 Evaporite Minerals / 90 Borate Deposits /...employed at Franklin for exploration within the mine and was kept handy to the sorting table to aid in
Report (issue)
U, S. A . • • - I • • • • STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN J. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL...176 DECEMBER 1957 MINERAL COMMODITIES . OF CALIFORNIA • GEOLOGIC OCCURRENCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT...Bureau of Mines United States Geological Survey California Institute of Technology • • ( 3 ) • • ...Xatural enYironment of the mineral resources of California, by Olaf P. Jenkins ______________________________________...industries ( iron, steel, ferroalloys, coke, blast furnace slag), by Thomas E. Gay, Jr, _________________________
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Minette of the U.S. Borax operation at Boron, California. Both Fred Divoto and Ruth Kirkby, dedicated...provide an account of his experiences in the Sterling mine. Don Newsome, first president of the Fluorescent...31 Some Early Day Collecting / 32 In the Sterling Mine / 40 Building a Collection / 52 Preparation and...Balmat-Edwards District, New York / 84 The Colorado Plateau / 87 Evaporite Minerals / 90 Borate Deposits /...employed at Franklin for exploration within the mine and was kept handy to the sorting table to aid in
Report (issue)
LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2014 https://archive...RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT 1 i y 1966... Front cover: The exceedingly varied terrain of Kern County is shown by the brown section— from McKittrick...Sierra Nevada and Owens Peak (highest point in the county); on the east (right side) is the sharp descent...RESOURCES OF KERN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA By BENNIE W. TROXEL, mining geologist California Division of Mines
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353-416 257-320 321-384 225-288 137-224 CALIFORNIA ] 273-336 ARIZONA-IV ] 1-102 [ 17 / 1986...On a spectacular find of crocoite in the Adelaide mine, Dundas, Tasmania (by A. H. Chapman) 3:111-113 ADOLFSSON...Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54 AFGHANISTAN...AJO Famous mineral localities: the New Cornelia mine, Ajo, Arizona (by W. J. Thomas & R. B. Gibbs) 14:283-298...Iron-manganese phosphates of the Williams pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama (by P. B. Leavens & T. A. Simpson) 6:66-73
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themselves in the minerals of a single mine or mineral district, one or several particular mineral species...to explore for fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in its...produced under ultraviolet light. Deserts were combed, mine dumps searched, and shelves filled with showy fluorescent...New York; and Howard Brown of Lucerne Valley, California. Emanuel Fritch of the Gemological Institute...fluorescent blue of benitoite from San Benito County, California; the lemon yellow of esperite from Franklin
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themselves in the minerals of a single mine or mineral district, one or several particular mineral species...explore for fluorescing minerals. The field—mine, mine dump, or quarry—can be richly rewarding in ...produced under ultraviolet light. Deserts were combed, mine dumps searched, and shelves filled with showy fluorescent...New York; and Howard Brown of Lucerne Valley, California. Emanuel Fritch of the Gemological Institute...fluorescent blue of benitoite from San Benito County, California; the lemon yellow of esperite from Franklin
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Adelaide University conventional and solution mining has not, to my knowledge, for allowing the use...Thematic Mapper storage receptacles via solution mining (Chapter 12). Chapter Mosaics site (https://zulu...Sabkha Yotvata, Israel.181 Basin and Range playas, USA.182 Salars of South America.187 Ephemeral stream...lakes.238 Great Salt Lake, Utah.239 Mono Lake, California.243 Lake levels and conditions.244 Tufa mound...300 Lacustrine evaporites.301 Eocene Lake Gosuite, USA.304 Oligo-Miocene lake, Calatayud Basin, Spain.306
Report (volume)
Development Prepared in cooperation with the California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines...Carson City, Nev. James A. Anderson Chairman State Mining & Geology Board Sacramento, Calif. John H. DeYoung...Reston, Va. John N. Jaqueaa Director San Bernardino County Department of Land Management San Bernardino, Calif...School of Business Administration and Economics California State University Northridge, Calif. James L...E. Gonzalez Senior Mineral Resource Engineer California Department of State Lands Long Beach, Calif.
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ROADSIDE 4% JrEoLocy or SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARTHUR GIBBS SYLVESTER AND ELIZABETH O’ BLACK GANS IGagsine... IGagsine ~%_ JEOLOGY of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARTHUR GIBBS SYLVESTER ILLUSTRATED BY ELIZABETH O’BLACK...based on the 2010 Geologic Map of California, published by the California Geological Survey, and on maps...Elizabeth, 1971- Title: Roadside geology of southern California / Arthur Gibbs Sylvester and Elizabeth O’Black...paper) Subjects: LCSH: Geology—California, Southern—Guidebooks. | California, Southern—Guidebooks. Classification:
 
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