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Hydroboracite from
Terry Mine (Terry Borate Mine; Terry pit; Terry deposit), Amargosa Valley, Inyo County, California, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Hydroboracite
Formula:CaMg[B3O4(OH)3]2 · 3H2O
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Hydroboracite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Terry Mine (Terry Borate Mine; Terry pit; Terry deposit), Amargosa Valley, Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:6342
Long-form Identifier:1:3:6342:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Hydroboracite
7.9km (4.9 miles) ⓘLila C. Mine (Leila See Mine; Lilac Mine), Greenwater Range, Inyo County, California, USA
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘRyan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
14.8km (9.2 miles) ⓘBoraxo Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
21.6km (13.4 miles) ⓘMonte Blanco Mine, Monte Blanco, Black Mountains, Amargosa Range, Inyo County, California, USA
22.3km (13.8 miles) ⓘMott prospect (Mott Colemanite prospect; Mott open cut), Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek Mining District (Furnace Creek Borate Mining District), Inyo County, California, USA
29.6km (18.4 miles) ⓘEagle Borax Spring, Inyo County, California, USA
References
Countryman, Robert L. (1977) Hydroboracite from the Amargosa Desert, Eastern California. The Mineralogical Record, 8 (6) 503-504
Pemberton, H. Earl (1978) Hydroboracite from the Furnace Creek Formation [California]: A Historical Note. The Mineralogical Record, 9 (6) 379-381
Pemberton, H. Earl (1983) Minerals of California. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company Inc.
www.mineralsocal.org (1999) https://www.mineralsocal.org
 
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