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Borax Lake Mine (Lake Hachinhama; Little Borax Lake; Clear Lake), Clear Lake, Sulphur Creek Mining District (Sulfur Creek Mining District; Wilbur Springs Mining District), Lake County, California, USAi
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Borax Lake Mine (Lake Hachinhama; Little Borax Lake; Clear Lake)Mine
Clear LakeLake
Sulphur Creek Mining District (Sulfur Creek Mining District; Wilbur Springs Mining District)Mining District
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
38° 58' North , 122° 40' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
38.96667,-122.66667
GRN:
N26W69
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Clearlake15,182 (2017)3.6km
Clear Lake Riviera3,090 (2017)4.9km
Clearlake Oaks2,359 (2011)6.6km
Lower Lake1,294 (2011)7.9km
Soda Bay1,016 (2011)11.2km
Mindat Locality ID:
80779
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:80779:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former Borate-Halite-Co-Na mine located 3.6 km (2.2 miles) WNW of Clear Lake (coordinates of record) and 4 miles W of Borax Lake.

Mineralization is a lacustrine borate and halite deposit hosted in clay, mud and evaporite.

Production data can be found in Yale (1904).

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6 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 1 - Elements
ⓘNative Sulphur1.CC.05S8
Group 3 - Halides
ⓘHalite3.AA.20NaCl
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘTrona5.CB.15Na3H(CO3)2 · 2H2O
ⓘGaylussite5.CB.35Na2Ca(CO3)2 · 5H2O
Group 6 - Borates
ⓘBorax6.DA.10Na2(B4O5)(OH)4 · 8H2O
ⓘUlexite6.EA.25NaCa[B5O6(OH)6] · 5H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ BoraxNa2(B4O5)(OH)4 · 8H2O
Hⓘ GaylussiteNa2Ca(CO3)2 · 5H2O
Hⓘ TronaNa3H(CO3)2 · 2H2O
Hⓘ UlexiteNaCa[B5O6(OH)6] · 5H2O
BBoron
Bⓘ BoraxNa2(B4O5)(OH)4 · 8H2O
Bⓘ UlexiteNaCa[B5O6(OH)6] · 5H2O
CCarbon
Cⓘ GaylussiteNa2Ca(CO3)2 · 5H2O
Cⓘ TronaNa3H(CO3)2 · 2H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ BoraxNa2(B4O5)(OH)4 · 8H2O
Oⓘ GaylussiteNa2Ca(CO3)2 · 5H2O
Oⓘ TronaNa3H(CO3)2 · 2H2O
Oⓘ UlexiteNaCa[B5O6(OH)6] · 5H2O
NaSodium
Naⓘ BoraxNa2(B4O5)(OH)4 · 8H2O
Naⓘ GaylussiteNa2Ca(CO3)2 · 5H2O
Naⓘ HaliteNaCl
Naⓘ TronaNa3H(CO3)2 · 2H2O
Naⓘ UlexiteNaCa[B5O6(OH)6] · 5H2O
SSulfur
Sⓘ Native SulphurS8
ClChlorine
Clⓘ HaliteNaCl
CaCalcium
Caⓘ GaylussiteNa2Ca(CO3)2 · 5H2O
Caⓘ UlexiteNaCa[B5O6(OH)6] · 5H2O

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References

Hanks, Henry Garber (1883), Report on borax deposits: California Mining Bureau. Report 3, part 2, 111 pp.: 38
Bailey, Gilbert E. (1902) The Saline Deposits of California. Bulletin 24. California State Mining Bureaup.52
Yale, Charles G. (1904), Borax: in Mineral Resources of the U.S., 1903, USGS, Washington, D.C.: 1017-1028.
Ver Planck, W.E. (1956) History of Borax Production in the United States: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 52(3): 273-191.
Smith, W.C. (1966) Borax and other compounds. California Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin 191, part 1: 104-111.
Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geol. Bulletin 189: 109, 356, 377.
Smith, G.I. (1985) Borate deposits in the United States: Dissimilar in form, similar in geologic setting, in Barker, J.M., and LeFond, S.J., 1985, Borates: Economic Geology and Production; Proceedings of a symposium held on October 24, 1984, at the fall meeting of SME-AIME in Denver, Colorado: New York, Society of Mining Engineers of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, Inc: 38-51.
Lyday, P.A. (1992) History of Boron Production and Processing: Industrial Minerals, No. 303: 19-37.
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