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Maria

Occurrence in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Boron-Borates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023423
MRDS ID I000381
Record type Site
Current site name Maria

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.5481, 36.25831 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 5 MILES SW OF DEATH VALLEY JUNCTION., Estimated Location, Probably Within 0.5 Mile., Estimated Location, Probably Within 0.5 Mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East of Ryan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Death Valley Junction(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
024N 004E California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Colemanite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 260
USGS model code 35b.3
Deposit model name Lacustrine borates

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Furnace Creek Formation
    Rock description Furnace Creek Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.5481, 36.25831
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 10-15NE
    Thickness 11.58M
    Length 487.68M
    Width 182.88M
    Depth to top 274.32M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEVERAL BODIES OF BASALT WITHIN CROP OUT WITHIN 0.5 MILE OF THE DEPOSIT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Amargosa Valley Borate Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Borax And Chemical Co.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Boron-Borates B2O3 24 wt-pct Boron Major 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE FIGURE IS FOR INDICATED RESOURCES WHICH ARE CONSIDERED TO BE 50-60% RECOVERABLE IF MINED BY UNDERGROUND METHODS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEPOSIT ESTIMATE IS BASED ON DATA FROM EVANS, 1976.

  • Reserve-Resource

    EVANS AND OTHERS, 1976.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT IS 700-900 FT BELOW THE SURFACE. IT HAS A THICKNESS THAT VARIES FROM 0 TO 38 FT (AVE. 20 FT).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-90 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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