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Big Borax Lake

Occurrence in Lake county in California, United States with commodity Stone
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030780
MRDS ID M009174
Record type Site
Current site name Big Borax Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.66135, 38.98988 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clearlake Highlands(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Healdsburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Rosa(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cache(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 013N 007W 08 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Obsidian Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.66135, 38.98988
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • OBSIDIAN SOURCE OF GREAT ABORIGINAL IMPORTANCE WHICH WAS WORKED INTENSIVELY BY THE INDIANS OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. V. 40, NO. 3, JULY 1944, PP. 304-305

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE AMOUNT OF WASTE OBSIDIAN SCATTERED OVER THE QUARRY AND WORKSHOP AREA IS SO GREAT THAT A QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATE WOULD RUN INTO SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSAND OF CUBIC FEET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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