Geology of the Monte Blanco borate deposits, Furnace Creek Wash, Death Valley, California
<p>The Monte Blanco borate deposits are located along the southern margin of Death Valley’s Furnace Creek Wash, south of Twenty Mule Team Canyon road in…
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Geology of the Monte Blanco borate deposits, Furnace Creek Wash, Death Valley, California Author: Muessig, S.J., Pennell, W.M., Knott, Jeffrey R., Calzia, James P. 0000-0003-0536-106X jcalzia@usgs.gov Year: 2019 Category: Report <p>The Monte Blanco borate deposits are located along the southern margin of Death Valley’s Furnace Creek Wash, south of Twenty Mule Team Canyon road in California. Topographic and geologic mapping by S. Muessig and F.M. Byers, Jr., in 1954 documented these deposits’ geologic settings, geometries, mineralogies, and chemical characteristics. They estimated borate resources at the time to be in excess of 550,000 tons B<sub><span>2</span></sub>O<sub><span>3</span></sub>.<span>&;</span></p><p>The borate bodies are composed of predominantly ulexite and colemanite. They lie beneath Monte Blanco Tags: usgs, borate borax deposits Source: ://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2019/1111/ofr20191111_plate2.pdf