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Eagle Borax Works

Past Producer 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023547
MRDS ID I000659
Record type Site
Current site name Eagle Borax Works

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.86338, 36.20415 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position Estimated Location, Probably Within 5 Seconds., Estimated Location, Probably Within 5 Seconds., Estimated Location, Probably Within 5 Seconds.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Badwater(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Comments on the location information

  • IN DEATH VALLEY, NORTH OF BENNETT'S WELL.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ulexite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.86338, 36.20415
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Discoverer Isadore Daunet
Year of first production 1882

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Isadore Daunet
    First year 1884

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PROCESSING WAS MAKESHIFT, TRANSPORTATION TO THE RAILHEAD AT MOJAVE WAS ARDUOUS, AND THE QUALITY OF THE SHIPMENTS WAS POOR COMPARED TO THOSE COMING OUT OF NEVADA. PRODUCTION LASTED ONLY 2 YEARS, BEFORE DAUNET KILLED HIMSELF AND HIS PARTNERS WERE UNABLE TO CARRY ON PRODUCTION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAJMUNDAR, H.H., 1988, BORATE MINING HISTORY IN DEATH VALLEY, INYO AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES, IN GREGORY, J.L., AND BALDWIN, E.J., EDS., GEOLOGY OF THE DEATH VALLEY REGION: SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA, SOUTH COAST GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, INC., P. 365-371.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, G.I., 1985, BORATE 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-91 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 04-NOV-94 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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