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Inyo

Occurrence 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023433
MRDS ID I000393
Record type Site
Current site name Inyo

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.70116, 36.49747 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position NORTHWEST OF HILL 2562, ABOUT 4 MI NW OF RYAN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Echo Canyon(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 25 SW4 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Colemanite Ore
Ulexite 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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Furnace Creek Formation
    Rock description Furnace Creek Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.70116, 36.49747
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw-Trending Anticline

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 45NE
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 274.32M
    Width 365.76M
    Depth to top 45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Death Valley National Monument

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tenneco Mining Inc.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FIGURES ARE INDICATED RESOURCES, WHICH ARE APPROXIMATELY 50% RECOVERABLE.

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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS ON THE NE LIMB OF AN ANTICLINE. THE DEPOSIT DOES NOT CROP OUT. IT IS 1200 FT WIDE FROM 150 FT BELOW THE GROUND SURFACE TO 800 FT BELOW THE GROUND SURFACE AND IT IS 900 FT LONG DOWN DIP. THICKNESS OF THE DEPOSIT RANGES FROM 0-100 FT (50-60 FT AVE.).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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