| Deposit ID | 10055376 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | RL10050 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Borax Lake |
| Alternate or previous names | Clear Lake, Lake Hachinhama Little Borax Lake |
| Geographic coordinates: | -122.66774, 38.96655 (WGS84) |
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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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | Lake |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Boron-Borates | Primary |
| Halite | Primary |
| Sodium | Secondary |
| Cobalt Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Borax | Ore |
| Brine | Ore |
| Gaylussite | Ore |
| Halite | Ore |
| Trona | Ore |
| Result | LAKE WATER LAKE HACHINHAMA |
|---|---|
| Result | 75.4% NACO3, NACL 8.3%, BORAX 16.3% |
| Model code | 260 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 35b.3 |
| Deposit model name | Lacustrine borates |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite |
| (1) | -122.66774, 38.96655 |
|---|
| General form | STRATIFORM |
|---|---|
| Dip | } |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1856 |
| Discoverer | Dr. J.A. Veatch |
| Year of first production | 1864 |
| Year of last production | 1874 |
| District name | Clear Lake |
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| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | California Borax Co (Late 1870'S) |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | RL10050 |
LYDAY, P.A., 1992, HISTORY OF BORON PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 303, P. 19-37.
SMITH, W.C., 1966, BORAX AND OTHER BORON COMPOUNDS: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 191, PT. 1, P. 104-111.
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., 1985, BORATES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND PRODUCTION; PROCEEDINGS OF A SYMPOSIUM HELD ON OCTOBER 24, 1984, AT THE FALL MEETING OF SME-AIME IN DENVER, COLORADO: NEW YORK, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 38-51.
YALE, C.G., 1904, BORAX, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE US - 1903: WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 1017-1028.
VER PLANCK, W.E., 1956, HISTORY OF BORAX PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 52, NO. 3, P. 273-191.
YALE, 1904.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | EXTENSIVE DEPOSIT OF COARSE BORAX CRYSTALS WITHIN LACUSTRINE MUD AT THE BOTTOM OF A LAGOON ON THE MARGIN OF CLEAR LAKE; THERMAL SPRINGS IN THE AREA. BORAX AND NA BRINES FROM LAKE HACHINHAMA. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1993 | Langford, R.P. | BHP Utah Industries | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1993 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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