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Bitter Creek Borate Workings Mine (Bitter Creek claim; Bitter Crick placer claim; Merrill claim; Comet claim; Climax claim; Gridiron Placer Mining claim; Bueno claim), Lockwood Valley, Lake of the Woods area, Ventura County Borate Mining District (Stauffer Mining District), Ventura County, California, USAi
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Bitter Creek Borate Workings Mine (Bitter Creek claim; Bitter Crick placer claim; Merrill claim; Comet claim; Climax claim; Gridiron Placer Mining claim; Bueno claim)Mine
Lockwood ValleyValley
Lake of the Woods areaArea
Ventura County Borate Mining District (Stauffer Mining District)Mining District
Ventura CountyCounty
CaliforniaState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 46' 5'' North , 119° 6' 30'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
34.76806,-119.10833
GeoHash:
G#: 9q5mc97fw
GRN:
N24W70
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Pine Mountain Club2,315 (2017)9.5km
Lake of the Woods917 (2011)11.6km
Frazier Park2,691 (2011)16.1km
Lebec1,468 (2011)23.7km
Mettler136 (2011)35.2km
Mindat Locality ID:
98368
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:98368:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A former borate-gypsum mine located about 7 miles WSW of Lake of the Woods (Kern County).

Mineralization is hosted in lake sediments, shale, and limestone.

Local structures include extensive folding and faulting.

Production data are found in: Gale (1912).

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2 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 6 - Borates
ⓘColemanite6.CB.10Ca[B3O4(OH)3] · H2O
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘGypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ ColemaniteCa[B3O4(OH)3] · H2O
Hⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
BBoron
Bⓘ ColemaniteCa[B3O4(OH)3] · H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ ColemaniteCa[B3O4(OH)3] · H2O
Oⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
SSulfur
Sⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
CaCalcium
Caⓘ ColemaniteCa[B3O4(OH)3] · H2O
Caⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O

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Pacific PlateTectonic Plate

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References

Gale, Hoyt Stoddard (1912c), Borate Deposits in Ventura County, California: USGS Bulletin 540: 434-456.
U.S. Bureau of Land Management (1959), Mineral record card.
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