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California · Kern County

Suckow Colemanite Mine

Unconfirmed Boron-Borates Underground 1 mapped shaft

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Key facts

State
California
County
Kern
Development status
Past Producer
Mine type
Underground
Primary commodity
Boron-Borates
Verification
Unconfirmed

Also known as

  • Suckow Shaft No. 2

Mine Location

Approximate Area

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Documented underground workings

Mindat locality description

A former borate occurrence/mine located in sec. 22, T11N, R8W, SBM, 1.3 km (0.8 mile) WSW of West Baker (site) and 6.9 km (4.29 mi) NW of Boron, on the eastern margin of the main tailings ponds of the open pit mine. MRDS database stated accuracy for th…

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Additional documented workings

  • Shaft — documented in 1 source record.
    USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Historical mapped workings

USGS historical topographic mapping. Features may no longer exist.

  • 1 shaft symbol
  • Shaft : Boron , 1973
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Every underlying record used to build the summary above, for research/verification use.

  • Shaft
    Mapped on historical USGS topographic data (Mine Shaft). Historical map features may no longer exist in the field.
  • Derived from MRDS oper_type (existing operation): Underground
  • MRDS oper_type documents existing underground operation (dev_stat=Past Producer): Underground · oper_type

Verification

Unconfirmed

Source records support underground workings, but UndergroundMines has not yet independently verified this mine.

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Why it's listed

USGS source data documents underground workings for this record.

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History & operations

Historical record

  • Development status: Past Producer

Commodities & minerals

Reported minerals

  • commodity:Boron

Access & recent conditions

Land
unknown

Community reports

No community field reports yet.

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Sources & evidence

USGS Mineral Resources Data System

Type: Historical mine record

Supports:

  • mine identity
  • development status
  • commodities
  • underground eligibility evidence

USGS Historical Topographic Mine Features

Type: Historical mapped physical features

Dataset: DOI 10.5066/P9TAALR6

Supports:

  • mapped shaft symbols (1)

Historical mapped features may no longer exist.

Dataset information

Mindat

Type: Mineralogical locality database

Record: Mindat Locality: 80525

Supports:

  • locality identity
  • reported minerals (1)

A Mindat locality match does not by itself establish underground workings.

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