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Boraxo Mine

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. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10115311
MAS/MILS ID 0060271259
Record type Site
Current site name Boraxo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -116.70758, 36.34278 (WGS84)
Elevation 756
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ryan(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 026 N 002 E 25 SESE California

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN NE 1/4 SEC 36.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -116.70758, 36.34278
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Monument

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Tenneco Mining, Inc.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL REPORT 125, 1976, P. 23-

  • Deposit

    26.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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