| Deposit ID | 60000491 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | I001215 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Death Valley Area Borate Deposits |
| Alternate or previous names | Furnace Creek, Ryan Area, Death Valley Junction |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.61758, 36.33328 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Inyo(county)
California(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
East of Ryan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Death Valley Junction(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Death Valley-Lower Amargosa(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 | Inyo |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Boron-Borates | Primary |
| (1) | -116.61758, 36.33328 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Discovery year | 1882 |
| Discoverer | R. Neuschwander |
EVANS, J.R., TAYLOR, G.C., AND RAPP, J.S., 1976, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS IN DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL MONUMENT, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL REPORT 125, 61 P.
KEYES, C.R., 1909, AMERICAN BORAX DEPOSITS: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 88, P. 826-827.
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