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Borate Prospect

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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023549
MRDS ID I000661
Record type Site
Current site name Borate Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.56449, 36.26498 (WGS84)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Colemanite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • 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) -116.56449, 36.26498
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BASALTIC ROCKS ARE INTERBEDDED WITH THE FURNACE CREEK FM SEDIMENTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Amargosa Valley Borate Area

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCALLISTER, J.F., 1973, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE AMARGOSA VALLEY BORATE AREA--SOUTHEAST CONTINUATION OF THE FURNACE CREEK AREA--INYO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-782, SCALE 1:24,000

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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