Commodities
PrimaryBoron-Borates
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model260: Lacustrine borates
Deposit sizeY
Orebody formSTRATIFIED SUBTABULAR
Ore controlFault?
Materials
Ore mineralsColemanite, Ulexite
GangueCalcite
Geology
Host rockMudstone,Shale,Conglomerate · Furnace Creek Formation
Associated rockTuff,Volcanic Ash,Basalt
StructureFurnace Creek Fault (Mine Is About 2 Miles West), Anticlines, Sw-Trending Fault
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1920-1980'S
Identification
Deposit ID10023422
MRDS IDI000380
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.01805, -116.2328
References
EVANS, J.R., TAYLOR, G.C., AND RAPP, J.S., 1976, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS IN DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL MONUMENT, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL REPORT 125, 61 P.NOBLE, L.F., 1926, NOTE ON A COLEMANITE DEPOSIT NEAR SHOSHONE, CALIF., WITH A SKETCH OF THE GEOLOGY OF A PART OF AMARGOSA VALLEY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 785, P. 63-73.BARKER, C.E., AND BARKER, J.M., 1985, A RE-EVALUATION OF THE ORIGIN AND DIAGENESIS OF BORATE DEPOSITS, DEATH VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, 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. 101-136.SMITH, G.I., 1985, BORATES 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.CIMRIEVANS AND OTHERS, 1976.