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Cave Spring Borate Deposit

Occurrence in Esmeralda county in Nevada, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10044556
MRDS ID M232045
Record type Site
Current site name Cave Spring Borate Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.85621, 37.81716 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 1.3 MILES NW OF CAVE SPRING IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE SILVER PEAK RANGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Esmeralda(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rhyolite Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Goldfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Goldfield(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 001S 037E 27 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PAPKE GIVES LOCATION AS R37E, T2S, S2.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Searlesite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result THE BORATE RICH ROCK SHOWED 8.51% B2O3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Claystone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.85621, 37.81716
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fish Lake Marsh - Silver Peak Range Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on development

  • STAUFFER CHEMICAL CO. DRILLED 3 HOLESIN 1962. THE FIRST HOLE WAS 1453 FT DEEP AND PENETRATED ABOUT 1300 FT OF PLIOCENE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS BEFORE GOING INTO IGNIMBRITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, W.C., 1964, BORATES, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEV. BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 65, P. 184.

  • Deposit

    FOSHAG, W.F., 1934, SEARLESITE FROM ESMERALDA CO., NEVADA: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, VOL. 19, NO. 6, P. 268-274.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PAPKE, K.G., 1985, BORATES IN NEVADA, 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. 89-99.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEARLESITE OCCURS IN VEINLETS AND CRYSTALS IN CLAYSTONE. BORATES ARE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH STROMATOLITES. DEPOSIT HAS NO COMMERCIAL VALUE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Wong, George (Roberts, Ralph) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1992 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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