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Death Valley Area Borate Deposits

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodity Boron-Borates
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Geologic information

Identification information

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

Geographic coordinates: -116.61758, 36.33328 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.61758, 36.33328
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Discovery year 1882
Discoverer R. Neuschwander

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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.

  • Deposit

    KEYES, C.R., 1909, AMERICAN BORAX DEPOSITS: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V. 88, P. 826-827.