Boron Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodity Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10114842
MAS/MILS ID 0060290678
Record type Site
Current site name Boron Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -117.76559, 35.0803 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Edwards(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(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 Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 011 N 008 W 06 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -117.76559, 35.0803

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA MINE REFERENCE LIST ID # 0403858.

  • Deposit

    USBM MNSYRBK 1972 PP 14&29 (FAIR) E&MJ INTL DRCTRY OF MNNG 1

  • Deposit

    PP138 (FAIR)

  • Deposit

    PLANT- EMPLOYMENT- MINE=200 PLANT=945 1976

  • Deposit

    MINE-TONNES/YR-ORE=907200-9072000

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-91 Raney, Russell G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.