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Locality Name:
Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA


mindat Locality ID: 27209
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27209.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USA": 59
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 52

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Bullion Claim
Furnace Creek Ranch
Furnace Creek Wash (Monte Blanco Borax And Salt Mining District; Death Valley Borax And Salt Mining District)
Hop Claim (Hope Claim ??)
Ouray Claim
Ryan
Stare Claim
Travertine Point
Twenty Mule Team Canyon

Latitude: 36°23'45"N
Longitude: 116°47'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.395833333333,-116.78527777778
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al B Ba C Ca Cl H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: B C Ca H Mg Na O 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeAragoniteBaryteCalciteClayGadoliniteGypsumNoneNot in a structural groupRocksalt
Smectite-vermiculiteVeatchite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Aristarainite  (*)Borax  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carboborite  (*)Celestine  (*)Colemanite  (*)Datolite  (*)Ginorite  (*)
Gowerite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Halite  (*)Howlite  (*)Hungchaoite  (*)
Hydroboracite  (*)Inderite  (*)Inyoite  (*)Kurnakovite  (*)Mcallisterite  (*)
Meyerhofferite  (*)Mirabilite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Nobleite  (*)Priceite  (*)
Probertite  (*)Rivadavite  (*)Sassolite  (*)Sborgite  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Thénardite  (*)Thermonatrite  (*)Tincalconite  (*)Todorokite  (*)Tunellite  (*)
Ulexite  (*)Veatchite  (*)Wardsmithite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O4157532,157545,157571,1575731627
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)11575371588
Aristarainite  (*)Not in a structural groupNa2Mg[B6O8(OH)4]2·4H2O11575734
Borax  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·8H2O076
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)13157535,157537,157538,157541,157543,157544,157545,157546,157547,157553,157554,157561,15756227770
Carboborite  (*)NoneCa2Mg[B(OH)4]2(CO3)2·4H2O06
Celestine  (*)BaryteSr(SO4)5157537,157538,157540,157541,1575511252
Colemanite  (*)NoneCaB3O4(OH)3·H2O41157525,157526,157527,157528,157529,157533,157534,157535,157536,157537,157538,157539,157541,157543,157544,157545,157546,157547,157549,157551,157553,157554,157556,157557,157558,157560,157561,157562,157566,157567,157568,157569,157571,157572,157573,157574,157577,157578,157579,157580,157581144
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)3157541,157550,157559498
Ginorite  (*)NoneCa2B14O20(OH)6·5H2O3157545,157572,15757311
Gowerite  (*)NoneCa[B5O8(OH)][B(OH)3]·3H2O8157541,157545,157555,157559,157571,157572,157573,15757613
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O6157529,157537,157541,157545,157551,1575726890
Halite  (*)RocksaltNaCl11575741398
Howlite  (*)NoneCa2SiB5O9(OH)5115753736
Hungchaoite  (*)NoneMgB4O5(OH)4·7H2O4157545,157571,157573,1575756
Hydroboracite  (*)NoneCaMg[B3O4(OH)3]2·3H2O5157529,157532,157538,157539,15757242
Inderite  (*)NoneMgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O115754513
Inyoite  (*)NoneCaB3O3(OH)5·4H2O2157541,15755134
Kurnakovite  (*)NoneMgB3O3(OH)5·5H2O115754515
Mcallisterite  (*)NoneMg2[B6O7(OH)6]2·9H2O4157545,157571,157572,1575739
Meyerhofferite  (*)NoneCaB3O3(OH)5·H2O4157541,157545,157551,15757223
Mirabilite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)·10H2O1157545223
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O2157545,1575711508
Nobleite  (*)NoneCaB6O9(OH)2·3H2O7157541,157545,157559,157561,157571,157573,15757611
Priceite  (*)NoneCa2B5O7(OH)5·H2O8157529,157538,157545,157549,157551,157571,157572,15757433
Probertite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O7(OH)4·3H2O6157534,157536,157537,157538,157560,15756229
Rivadavite  (*)NoneNa6Mg[B6O7(OH)6]4·10H2O11575454
Sassolite  (*)NoneB(OH)33157536,157572,15757331
Sborgite  (*)NoneNaB5O6(OH)4·3H2O4157545,157561,157573,1575746
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)1157537589
Thénardite  (*)NoneNa2(SO4)2157545,157574299
Thermonatrite  (*)NoneNa2(CO3)·H2O2157561,15757064
Tincalconite  (*)NoneNa2B4O5(OH)4·3H2O029
Todorokite  (*)None(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)6O12·3-4H2O2157541,157559433
Tunellite  (*)NoneSrB6O9(OH)2·3H2O115753812
Ulexite  (*)NoneNaCaB5O6(OH)6·5H2O17157534,157536,157537,157538,157541,157545,157546,157549,157551,157553,157554,157560,157561,157562,157571,157572,157573160
Veatchite  (*)VeatchiteSr2B11O16(OH)5·H2O115753712
Wardsmithite  (*)NoneCa5Mg(B4O7)6·30H2O3157545,157551,1575735


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060496Upper Biddy Mine (Upper Biddy McCarthy Mine; Big Biddy Mine), Biddy McCarthy Mines, Ryan, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060496
R060348Billie Mine (Billie Group; Ryan Mine; Billie I Mine; Billie II Mine), Ryan, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060348
R050423Corkscrew Canyon Mine (Corkscrew Mine), Ryan, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050423
R060847Hard Scramble Claim, Ryan, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060847
R050420Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R050420
R070305Mott Prospect (Mott Colemanite Prospect; Mott Open Cut), Twenty Mule Team Canyon, Furnace Creek District (Furnace Creek Borate District; Death Valley Area Borate Deposits; Ryan Area), Inyo Co., California, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070305

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