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Borax Works

Past Producer in Esmeralda county in Nevada, United States with commodities Boron-Borates, Halite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024162
MRDS ID I009018
Record type Site
Current site name Borax Works

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.97872, 38.13049 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rock Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tonopah(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fish Lake-Soda Spring Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Esmeralda

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 003N 036E 09 Nevada

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary
Halite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ulexite Ore
Halite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.97872, 38.13049
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Closed Basin, Climate

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Columbus Marsh

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1976, EVAPORITES AND BRINES IN NEVADA PLAYAS: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 87, 35 P.

  • Deposit

    HICKS, W.B., 1916, THE COMPOSITION OF MUDS FROM COLUMBUS MARSH, NEVADA, IN SHORTER CONTRIBUTIONS TO GENERAL GEOLOGY, 1915: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 95, P. 1-11.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-94 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Nevada resources

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