 | | 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 |  | | 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 .................... |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Library] at 07:06 06 January 2015 Even though California is known as the âGolden State, â it could also...the Tourmaline State, or the Colemanite State. California is, in fact, one of the worldâs greatest sources...localities, the reader is encouraged to consult the âCalifornia Locality Indexâ (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 |  | Swihart, G. H., Carpenter, S. B., Xiao, Y., McBay, E. H., Smith, D. H., Xiao, Y. (2014) A Boron Isotope Study of the Furnace Creek, California, Borate District. Economic Geology, 109 (3) 567-580 doi:10.2113/econgeo.109.3.567 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | A Boron Isotope Study of the Furnace Creek, California, Borate District George H. Swihart,1,â 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 |  | | 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) | | 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...kernite, gypsum, calcite, celestine. Distribution: An important component of sedimentary borate deposits worldwide...the USA, in California, from Death Valley, near Ryan, Furnace Creek district, in the Thompson mine and...and the Boraxo mine, fine crystals; at Borate, about 10 km northeast of Yermo, Calico Hills, San Bernardino |  | | 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...volume 21, JanuaryâFebruary, 1996 Figure 2. Calcite crystal, 19.5 cm , from D a lânegorsk, Russia. |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (volume) | | STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director DIVISION OF MINES...BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1938 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER...BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA 5478! LIBRARY UNIVERSITY C- CALIFORNIA D:\ViS 1 DIVISION OF...Geologist C A. Logan, District Mining Engineer C. McK. Laizure, District W. Burling Tucker, Reid...Reid J. Frank Sanborn, District Mining Engineer District Engineer Mining Engineer Mineral Technologist |  | | 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 ______________________________________...Grant Goodwin ________________________ _ 97 Calcite ( optical grade), by Lauren .A. Wright ____________ |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 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...in DeathVal- troscopic 1993;Crowleyand ley, California, havebeenan importantsoumeof mineral of the ...the nearbyFurnaceCreek Formation,where limited mining continues(McAllister, cance. The visibleand near-infrared(0 |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | Book | | 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 /...dabblers in alchemy who chanced to take certain calcite, or a baked limestone or barite, from sunlight | | | Book | | 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 /...dabblers in alchemy who chanced to take certain calcite, or a baked limestone or barite, from sunlight |  | | 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 sectionâ 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 |  | | Book | | minerals including sphalerite, scheelite, Terlingua calcite, and fluorite. Jewelers, lapidaries, and gem collectors...easier ee crace ee eee me eee one ee anes 63 Calcite-of lerlinotiatvers cores arta tae aee eee ie) Apatite...themselves in the minerals of a single mine or mineral district, one or several particular mineral species...to explore for fluorescing minerals. The fieldâmine, mine dump, or quarryâcan be richly rewarding in its...produced under ultraviolet light. Deserts were combed, mine dumps searched, and shelves filled with showy fluorescent | | | Book | | minerals including sphalerite, scheelite, Terlingua calcite, and fluorite. Jewelers, lapidaries, and gem collectors...themselves in the minerals of a single mine or mineral district, one or several particular mineral species...explore for fluorescing minerals. The fieldâmine, mine dump, or quarryâcan 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 |  | | Book | | ROADSIDE 4% JrEoLocy or SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARTHUR GIBBS SYLVESTER AND ELIZABETH Oâ BLACK GANS IGagsine... IGagsine ~%_ JEOLOGY of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARTHUR GIBBS SYLVESTER ILLUSTRATED BY ELIZABETH OâBLACK...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 OâBlack...paper) Subjects: LCSH: GeologyâCalifornia, SouthernâGuidebooks. | California, SouthernâGuidebooks. Classification: |  | | Journal (issue) | | Gems, the 46th annual Convention and Show of the California Federation of Mineralogical Societies. More Information...Information and requests to the American Federation CALIFORNIA FEDERATION OF MINERALOGICAL SOCIETIES FIELD...Pictured on our cover are a magni- County, California; Baja California and ficent faceted gem of benitoite...specimen Gem Mine, Benitoite Mine, Gem of this material, both through the Mine and Dallas Mine have been...copyright 1981 by Harold and Erica use Gem Mine . Benitoite Gem Mine Van Pelt, Photographers, Los Angeles, |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | Book | | of Oslo, Fred Steinar Nordrum, of the Norwegian Mining Museum, Kongsberg, Dan Holstam, of the Swedish...x 24 mm. WHAT Figure 3. Sulphur (yellow) on calcite (white) from Conil, Andalusia, Spain. Crystals...SiO,, but with differ- ent crystal structures; calcite (CaCO,) and siderite (FeCO,) have the same type...generally obscure. Other names originate from old mining terms, especially German. For example, the endings...recent ex- Figure 8. Azurite from Bisbee, Arizona, USA. Azurite is a Cu-containing mineral found in the |  | | Journal (issue) | | circulation offices, 16001 Ventura Blvd., Encino, California 91436. Telephone 213 788-7080. Single copy price...clumps of wild iris on the north bank of a small creek flowing into the ocean. A cape, named after the...Beads (16"t . . , . . , . .3.00 strand 10mm White Calcite Beads (16") . . . . . . . ⢠. .3.00 strand 3/8"...except a six-inch grooved sinker, fashioned from a creek cobble, the Indians had used on salmon nels. Not...Not easily discouraged, l decided Lo cross the creek to the cape side. It wasn't easy, for I had to belly |  | | Book (edition) | | >, Y V W, Gardner *oke -; UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO LIBRARY Digitized by the Internet...Mineral. A mineral. It is a white earthy variety of calcite. Agar, Japan. See Agar- Agar. Agarol. A proprietary...Albacar. proprietary trade (272). Highly refined calcite. (85). name A proprietary preparation of novobiocin...(Alcacement). Fused cement prepared in the electric furnace from bauxite and lime. It contains approximately...polyethylene containing a nominal 2-5 per cent, furnace black used in rotational moulding. It possesses |
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