Commodities
PrimaryBoron-Borates
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Model260: Lacustrine borates
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsColemanite, Ulexite
GangueClay
Geology
Host rockMudstone,Shale,Sandstone,Limestone · Furnace Creek Formation
StructureW-Trending E-Plunging Anticline, Death Valley Graben, Pit Fault; Minor Folding
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Production years1960'S, 1970-77?
Last production1977
Discovery year1915
Identification
Deposit ID10023438
MRDS IDI000399
Alternate namesClara Claim, Thompson Mine, Boraxo Deposit, Boraxo No. 1 and No. 2, Kern Borate
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates36.3397, -116.7056
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 PEVANS AND OTHERS, 1976.ESTIMATE BY G. ORRIS FROM PUBLISHED DATA, 1990.