Debely

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Boron-Borates
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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023431
MRDS ID I000391
Record type Site
Current site name Debely

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.74671, 36.36248 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(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
026N 002E 22 California

Comments on the location information

  • IN BLACK MTS., FURNACE CREEK WASH AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Colemanite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 260
USGS model code 35b.3
Deposit model name Lacustrine borates

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Furnace Creek Formation
    Rock description Furnace Creek Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.74671, 36.36248

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Complexly Folded And Faulted Area.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Death Valley National Monument

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Borax And Chemical Co.
    First year 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INDICATED RESERVES; IT IS BELIEVED THAT HALF ARE RECOVERABLE.
  • PRODUCTION WAS ASSUMMED TO BE MINOR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVANS, J.R., TAYLOR, G.C., AND RAPP, J.S., 1976, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS IN DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL MONUMENT, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL REPORT 125, 61 P

  • Reserve-Resource

    DEPOSIT ESTIMATE BASED ON DATA FROM EVANS, 1976.

  • Reserve-Resource

    EVANS AND OTHERS, 1976.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-90 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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