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


Locality type:Deposit
Classification
Species:Borax
Formula:Na2(B4O5)(OH)4 · 8H2O
Comments:The most abundant mineral in the deposit. Occurs as crystalline masses interbedded with clay-shale.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Berthierite
Gerstleyite
Probertite
Pyrrhotite
Realgar
Stibnite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Tincalconite8 photos of Borax associated with Tincalconite at this locality.
Ulexite4 photos of Borax associated with Ulexite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Borax data
Locality Data:Click here to view Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:327676
Long-form Identifier:1:3:327676:1
GUID (UUID V4):32104dfd-e300-461b-925c-36f62b9092cb
Localities for Borax in this Region
Rio Tinto Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
Baker Mine, 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
West Baker Mine, West Baker, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Borax
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
18.4km (11.4 miles) Rogers Lake (Rodriquez Lake; Muroc Lake; Rogers Lake Mine), Edwards (Muroc), Kern County, California, USA
75.7km (47.0 miles) China Lake Mine (China Lake deposit), China Lake, China Lake [town], Kern County, California, USA
87.8km (54.5 miles) Lang Mine, Tick Canyon Borate deposit, Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SODIC CLAY -ZEOLITE ASSEMBLAGE IN BASALT AT BORON, CALIFORNIA' WILLIAM S. WISE 2 AND WALLACE D. KLECK3...University of California Santa Barbra, California 93106 3 Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California 92626...the main borax ore body exposed by the U.S. Borax open pit at Boron, Kern County, California. Analcime...analcime, greigite, rhodochrosite, searlesite, borax, calcite, and colemanite. In some cavities early-formed...controlled by the development of an overlying, Na-borate lake. The wide distribution of saponite, analcime
Report (issue)
85(7)◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Baker mine, California, USA. 11.85 (100), 3.05 (90), 5.64 (70), 4.03 (70)...Total 92.07 100.00 100.00 (1) Baker mine, California, USA. (2) Analysis (1) recalculated to 100% after...Association: Borax, probertite, tincalconite, realgar, stibnite. Distribution: In the USA, from the Baker...Baker mine, Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co., California [TL]. Name: Honors James Mack Gerstley...Gerstley (1907– ), President of the Pacific Coast Borax Company. Type Material: Harvard University, Cambridge
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:...Occurrence: An important ore mineral of borax in sedimentary borate deposits, deposited under warm conditions or...Association: Borax, inyoite, ulexite, colemanite. Distribution: From the Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern...Kern Co., California, USA. In the Tincalayu borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta Province, Argentina
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: ...colemanite, ulexite, borax. Distribution: In the USA, in California, from the Baker, Western Borax, and Suckow...mines, Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co.; in several mines around Ryan, and at the Eagle Borax Spring
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...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)
28 30.92 Total 99.39 100.00 (1) Kramer district, California, USA. (2) Na2 B4 O5 (OH)4 • 3H2 O. Occurrence:...dehydration product of other borates. Association: Borax, kernite. Distribution: Probably more widespread...localities suggest. In the USA, from the Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co. and as crystals at Searles...Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California. From the Tincalayu borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta...Salta Province, Argentina. In the Kirka borate deposit, Eskiçehir Province, Turkey. At Larderello, Val
Report (issue)
Borax Na2 B4 O5 (OH)4 • 8H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic...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...Muerto, Salta Province. In the USA, in California, commercial deposits at Borax Lake, Lake Co.; Searles Lake
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)
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)
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...billion tons of ulexite. Association: Colemanite, borax, meyerhofferite, hydroboracite, probertite, glauberite...Distribution: In Chile, from near Iquique, and in a large deposit at the Surire salt lake, southeast of Arica, Tarapacá;
Report (issue)
Occurrence: Along fractures and nodular in sedimentary borate deposits; may be authigenic in playa sediments...hydroboracite, ulexite, gypsum. Distribution: In the USA, in California, from an adit on Mount Blanco, Furnace Creek...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...Typically a minor component of sedimentary or lake-bed borate deposits. Association: Inyoite, colemanite, hydroboracite...hydroboracite, ulexite. Distribution: In the USA, from the Mt. Blanco deposit and along Gower Gulch, Furnace Creek...Valley, Inyo Co., and in the Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co., California. At Mesa del Almo, 13 km
Report (issue)
c = 6.4447(1) X-ray Powder Pattern: [Inder deposit, Kazakhstan.] 7.224 (100), 4.895 (85), 4.205 (80)...B203 R203 MgO CaO F H20 -0 F2 = Total (1) Inder deposit, Kazakhstan. Polymorphism & Series: (1) 0.10...Occurrence: An uncommon mineral, typically in lake-bed borate deposits. Association: Szaibelyite (Lake Inder...Kazakhstan). Distribution: From the Inder borate deposit, Kazakhstan. At the Zhacang-Caka brine lake...Kirka borate deposit, Kiitahya Province, Turkey. Very large crystals from the Kramer borate deposit, Boron
Report (issue)
75 13.57 26.15 Total 100.47 100.00 (1) Inder deposit, Kazakhstan. (2) CaMgB6 O8 (OH)6 • 3H2 O. Occurrence:...From the Inder boron deposit, Kazakhstan. At the Niedersachswerfen anhydrite deposit, near Nordhausen... In the USA, from the Thompson mine, near Ryan, in the Terry deposit, and at the Eagle Borax Spring,...Inyo Co., in the Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co., and elsewhere in California. From the Potash...mine, Penobsquis evaporite deposit, and in the Salt Springs evaporite deposit, near Sussex, New Brunswick
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chemistry of kurnakovite from Kramer Deposit (Kern County, California), ideally MgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O, were...complex hydrous borate mineral found as a common constituent of borate deposits, along with borax [ideally ...borates represent the most important source of boron, which is an important geochemical marker for petrogenetic...harmful radiations. Approximately 20% of natural boron is 10B, which shows a high capacity to absorb thermal...and Swihart 1996; Rauch and Waschkowski 2002). Borax and ulexite have been objects of investigation to
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
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
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
contribution method for borate minerals based on the sums of contributions from the cations, borate polyanions, and...lakes rich in sulfate, studying the interactions of borate with sulfate is important to modeling kurnakovite...the interactions of borate with sulfate based on the new solubility data for borax in Na2SO4 solutions...nuclear waste management, borate deposits, actinide-borate aqueous complex, borate minerals, salt lakes,...materials, solution chemistry; Lithium, Beryllium and Boron: Quintessentially Crustal Introduction Kurnakovite
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
Report (issue)
after borax, 17.6 cm, from the Baker mine, Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California. Middle...miniature-size groups of tincalconite pseudomorphs after borax from the great 1 =============================...============================== Kramer deposit at Boron, California, on view at the site of a dealership...time, while the huge open pit excavation—where borate mining goes on to this day—was being enlarged....look at, indeed maybe even nicer than the original borax crystals when, just out of the ground, they were
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
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...of: a central body of Na borate (borax), an intermediate zone of Na–Ca borate (ulexite), and a marginal...marginal zone of Ca borate (colemanite). This mineral zonation is also developed in a vertical sense, although...presence of a discontinuous Mg borate horizon overlying the central body of borax. The genesis of such a mineral
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
 
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