| Deposit ID | 10023827 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | I003021 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Palm Borate Mine |
| Related records | 10189009 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.80087, 34.91668 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | EAST OF CENTENNIAL MINE. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
San Bernardino(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Yermo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Newberry Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
San Bernardino(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Mojave(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | California | San Bernardino |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Boron-Borates | Primary |
| Result | BORATE-BEARING SHALE REPORTEDLY CONTAINED 5-% B2O3. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||||
| Rock unit name | Barstow Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Barstow Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -116.80087, 34.91668 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1904 |
| Year of first production | 1907 |
| Year of last production | 1907 |
| Production years | 1907 |
| District name | Calico-Daggett Borate Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Palm Borate Co. |
| First year | 1907 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | I003021 |
PIPER, J.R., 1985, BORATE DEPOSITS OF THE CALICO-DAGGETT AREA, CALIFORNIA, IN BARKER, J.M., AND LEFOND, S.J., EDS., BORATES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND PRODUCTION: NEW YORK, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 147-155.
RAPP, J.S., AND VREDENBURGH, L.M., 1992, INDUSTRIAL MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF TERTIARY PLAYA DEPOSITS OF THE FORT IRWIN AREA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: SOCIETY FOR MINING, METALLURGY, AND EXPLORATION, INC. PREPRINT NUMBER 92-44, 9 P.
VER PLANCK, W.E., 1956, HISTORY OF BORAX PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 52, NO. 3, P. 273-191.
YALE, C.G., 1904, BORAX, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE US - 1903: WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, P. 1017-1028.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | B-BEARING SHALE WITH MICROSCOPIC BORON MINERALS. |
| Deposit | 6 PATENTED CLAIMS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1992 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1993 | Orris, Greta J. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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