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Cotton Ball Borax

Past Producer in Kern 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10163763
MAS/MILS ID 0060290081
Record type Site
Current site name Cotton Ball Borax
Alternate or previous names Desert Springs, Kane Springs, Koehn Lake

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.9076, 35.33139 (WGS84)
Elevation 585
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

Cantil(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 030 S 038 E 08 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.9076, 35.33139
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Estate Of A. D. Daly, Lancaster
    Home office California
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 1, 1962, MAP NO.

  • Deposit

    26, P. 66.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, V. III-SOUTHERN

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA, 1964, P. 67-68.

  • Deposit

    NOTE: THERE IS A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE NARRATIVE

  • Deposit

    DESCRIPTION AND LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THIS LOCATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ULEXITE COTTON BALLS 1-3 INCHES IN DIAMETER IN EFFLORESCENT CRUST OF. (?) KOEHN LAKE. MAY BE IN RED MTN G-E-M RESOURCE AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUL-1992 Raney, Russell G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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