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Gerstley Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10285503
MAS/MILS ID 0060270693
Record type Site
Current site name Gerstley Mine
Alternate or previous names Kern Co. Land Co., Gerstley I, Gerstley Ii, Gerstley Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -116.24616, 36.01669 (WGS84)
Elevation 634
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twelvemile Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Death Valley Junction(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Amargosa(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 Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 022 N 007 E 08 C SWSE California

Comments on the location information

  • EXTENDS FROM SW9 TO NW16 AND INTO SEC 8 AND 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -116.24616, 36.01669
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Borax And Chemical Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 785-D, 1926, P. 63-73.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 47, 1951, P. 221.

  • Deposit

    NEV. BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. REPORT 26, 1975, P. 23.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL REPORT 125, 1976, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 58, 1981,

  • Deposit

    P. 40.

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 6-85, 1985, P. 39.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 86-10, 1986,

  • Deposit

    NO. 46, PLATE 3.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUN-1993 Miller 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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