| Deposit ID | 10103597 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M035447 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Teels Marsh |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.35428, 38.20743 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1494 |
| Relative position | SOUTH OF EXCELSIOR MTNS. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Mineral(county)
Nevada(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Teels Marsh(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Excelsior Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Walker Lake(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Nevada | Mineral |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | 004N | 032E;033E | Nevada |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Boron-Borates | Primary |
| Halite | Secondary |
| Bromine | Tertiary |
| Sodium | Tertiary |
| Zeolites | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Borax | Ore |
| Brine | Ore |
| Halite | Ore |
| Phillipsite | Ore |
| Searlesite | Ore |
| Tincalconite | Ore |
| Trona | Ore |
| Ulexite | Ore |
| Gaylussite | Gangue |
| Limestone | Gangue |
| Result | BRINE: RELATIVE ABUNDANCE OF NA AS A PERCENTAGE OF POSITIVE IONS IS 98% |
|---|---|
| Result | THE REALTIVE ABUNDANCES OF CARBONATE-BICARBONATE, SULFATE, AND CHLORIDE AS PERCENTAGES OF NEGATIVE IONS ARE 24%, 7%, AND 69% RESPECTIVELY. |
| Model code | 260 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 35b.3 |
| Deposit model name | Lacustrine borates |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff |
| (1) | Alluvium, undifferentiated |
|---|
| General form | PLAYA |
|---|---|
| Length | 6437.2M |
| Width | 3218.6M |
| General form | PLAYA |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1865 |
| Discoverer | F.M. Smith (Borax, 1872) |
| Year of first production | 1867 |
| Production years | 1867-1882. |
| District name | Teels Marsh |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M035447 |
VANDERBURG, 1937, RECONNAISSANCE OF MINING DISTRICTS IN MINERAL CO., NEV.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR.
ROSS, D.L., 1961, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV.: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULLETIN 58.
ARCHBOLD, N.L., 1966, INDUSTRIAL MINERAL DEPOSITS OF MINERAL CO., NEV.: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES REPORT 14.
COUCH, B.F., AND CARPENTER, J.A., 1943, NEVADA'S METAL AND MINERAL PRODUCTION (1859-1940, INCLUSIVE): UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA BULLETIN, V. 37, NO. 4, GEOLOGY AND MINING SER. 38.
PAPKE, K.G., 1976, EVAPORITES AND BRINES IN NEVADA PLAYAS: NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 87, 35 P.
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.
PAPKE, 1976.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE PLAYA IS ABOUT 4 MILES LONG, 1-2 MILES WIDE, AND COVERS ABOUT 65 SQ MILES. THE BORATES ARE FOUND IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE MARSH AND ARE COVERED BY PATENTED CLAIMS. BORAX AND TINCALCONITE OCCUR IN A SOFT, POWDERY SURFACE CRUST OR IN THIN LAYERS AT SHALLOW DEPTH ALONG WITH HALITE AND CARBONATE MINERALS. |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1860'S SALT; 1872 BORAX |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-APR-1978 | Fiebelkorn, J. B. (Stewart, J. H.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1981 | Flynn, Patricia D. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1992 | Orris, Greta J. | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
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