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Kramer Borate Deposit

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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10284982
MRDS ID W031570
MAS/MILS ID 0060291052
Record type Site
Current site name Kramer Borate Deposit
Alternate or previous names Kramer Pit, Boron Mine, Boron Open Pit
Related records 10080426

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.68669, 35.0408 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boron(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 011 N 008 W 23 NENE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Quaternary alluvium and marine deposits
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT 1, 1962, P. 63.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 103, 1990,

  • Deposit

    P.

  • Deposit

    USGS-MRDS GSC ID, LIST AS OF JUNE 94.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LISTED AS "KRAMER BORATE DEPOSIT" BY USGS-MRDS, LAT/LONG OF N350220/W1174105. NAME WAS CHANGED TO THE USGS NAME, TO PREVENT CONFUSION WITH THE OTHER "KRAMER PIT", (SEQ# 0060290688) LISTED IN MAS AND NOT ON THE USGS LIST, (JUNE,94).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-AUG-1995 Ridenour, James 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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