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Dixie Marsh Borax

Past Producer in Churchill county in Nevada, United States with commodities Halite, Boron-Borates, Bromine
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  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 10045400
MRDS ID M233114
Record type Site
Current site name Dixie Marsh Borax
Alternate or previous names Humboldt Salt Marsh

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.97068, 39.81962 (WGS84)
Elevation 1025
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 40 MILES NORTH OF FRENCHMAN., I1000m; Large Area Of Salt

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Churchill(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Humboldt Salt Marsh(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Edwards Creek Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Millett(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dixie Valley(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 Churchill

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 023N 036E 31 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PLAYA COVERS AN AREA OF 48 SQ MILES IN CENTRAL DIXIE VALLEY. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary
Boron-Borates Primary
Bromine Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore
Ulexite Ore
Clay Gangue
Gaylussite Gangue

Analytical data

Result HALITE: 96.49% NACL
Result 1.91% NA2SO4
Result 0.96% NA2CO3
Result 0.52% H2O
Result 0.12% INSOLUBLE RESIDUE. BRINE: 28.7-38.7 G SOLIDS PER 100 ML
Result 26.9% NACL
Result 4.3% NA2SO4
Result 3.1% NA2CO3
Result 0.28% K2O.

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 Unconsolidated Deposit > Alluvium
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1872
Year of first production 1861

Mining district

District name Dixie Valley District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. Nieschwander

Comments on the production information

  • A LARGE AMOUNT OF SALT WAS PRODUCED AND SHIPPED FROM 1861-1868.

Comments on development

  • LINCOLN (1923) REPORTS TEN CARS OF BORAX WERE SHIPPED FROM THE NORTHERN END OF DIXIE MARSH, BY R. NIESCHWANDER, PROBABLY IN THE EARLY 1870'S. EARLY SALT PRODUCTION SHIPPED TO SILVER MINES. THREE HOLES WERE DRILLED BY RAILROAD VALLEY CO. IN 1912 IN A SEARCH FOR POTASH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILS, 1979, USBM

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    LINCOLN, F.C., 1923, MINING DISTRICTS AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEVADA: NEV. NEWSLETER PUB. CO., RENO, NV.

  • Deposit

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN CHURCHILL CO., NV.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7093.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    VANDERBURG, W.O., 1940.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLAYA-TYPE DEPOSIT. HALITE FORMS THICK CRUST COVERING 9 SQ MILES IN A CENTRAL AREA .
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1870'S
Deposit First Production Year: EARLY 1870'S (B); 1861 (SALT)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 La Pointe, D. D. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Updater 01-SEP-92 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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