A Cultural Resource Overview of the Eureka, Saline, Panamint, and Darwin Region; East Central California


Book Description

This report represents one of a series of seven cultural resource overviews covering the southern California deserts completed between 1974 and 1981. These overviews were contracted by the Bureau of Land Management, Desert Planning Staff, to aid in the formulation of a desert-wide land use plan and to judge impacts projected from plan implementation.













Borate Minerals of Death Valley, Mojave Desert, and Nevada: Annotated Bibliography


Book Description

An annotated bibliography of over 2,050 references associated with borate minerals from Death Valley, Mojave Desert, and Nevada. Sources include journal articles, papers, conference proceedings, books, book chapters, and other literature published from the 1860s into 2024. The bibliography is divided into 16 chapters: History, Boron and Borates, Chemistry and Crystal Structure, Mineralogy, Geology, California, Death Valley, Searles Lake, Mojave Desert, Kramer, Calico, Fort Cady, Tick Canyon, Ventura, Nevada, and Annual Reviews. Contains appendices of supplemental information on borate minerals, color photographs, and an alphabetical index of authors. 638 pages. Key words: borax, colemanite, kernite, probertite, and ulexite.