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Company
US Borax
14486 Borax Road, Boron, CA 93516
Map Location Latitude: 35.00411 Longitude: -117.703244
Email Address: [email protected]
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US Borax
14486 Borax Road, Boron, CA 93516
Map Location Latitude: 35.00411 Longitude: -117.703244
Email Address: [email protected]
Click here to go to the company web site
Description
U.S. Borax operates California's largest open pit mine in Boron, California - one of the richest borate deposits on the planet. The company supplies 30% of the world's demand for refined borates, minerals essential to life and modern living.
U.S. Borax traces its roots to California's Death Valley, where borate deposits were discovered in 1872. The twenty mule teams U.S. Borax used to haul ore out of the remote desert live on as a symbol of the company's commitment to innovation.
Today, U.S. Borax is acknowledged as the world leader in borate technology, research and development. Technical support for customers, product quality, and supply reliability are the pillars of our commercial commitment. We are also committed to ensuring that our practices and products are socially, environmentally and economically sustainable.
You will also find the U.S. Borax Visitor Center, one of the best kept secrets of the Southern California desert.
You can view mammouth mining equipment working in California's largest mine.
U.S. Borax operates California's largest open pit mine in Boron, California - one of the richest borate deposits on the planet. The company supplies 30% of the world's demand for refined borates, minerals essential to life and modern living.
U.S. Borax traces its roots to California's Death Valley, where borate deposits were discovered in 1872. The twenty mule teams U.S. Borax used to haul ore out of the remote desert live on as a symbol of the company's commitment to innovation.
Today, U.S. Borax is acknowledged as the world leader in borate technology, research and development. Technical support for customers, product quality, and supply reliability are the pillars of our commercial commitment. We are also committed to ensuring that our practices and products are socially, environmentally and economically sustainable.
You will also find the U.S. Borax Visitor Center, one of the best kept secrets of the Southern California desert.
You can view mammouth mining equipment working in California's largest mine.
Hours
During normal hours of operation, the Visitor Center is open seven days a week from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., excluding major holidays and weather permittting.
Parking at the Visitor Center is free (Donations accepted and go to support the nonprofit Borax Visitor Center Foundation).
During normal hours of operation, the Visitor Center is open seven days a week from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., excluding major holidays and weather permittting.
Parking at the Visitor Center is free (Donations accepted and go to support the nonprofit Borax Visitor Center Foundation).
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