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Boron (formerly Amargo, Baker, Borate, and Kern) [4] is a unincorporated place in Kern County, California, United States. Boron is 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Red Rock Mountain at an elevation of 2,467 feet (752 m). [4] For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Boron as a census-designated place (CDP). The ...
) is a business route of California State Route 58 in Boron. It provides access to downtown Boron as Twenty Mule Team Road. It also follows the former routing of U.S. Route 466. It is signed from SR 58 at Borax Road to the old SR 58 split near the San Bernardino–Kern county line (where the old SR 58 now dead ends). From here to US 395 ...
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Rio Tinto Borax mine and plant, 2012 Rio Tinto Borax mine from ISS, 2013 Borax crystals, Boron Mine. Scale is one inch, ruled at one cm. The Rio Tinto Boron Mine (formerly the U.S. Borax Boron Mine) in Boron, California is California's largest open-pit mine and the largest borax mine in the world, producing nearly half the world's
Pisgah Crater, or Pisgah Volcano, is a young volcanic cinder cone rising above a lava plain in the Mojave Desert, between Barstow and Needles, California in San Bernardino County, California. The volcanic peak is around 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south of historic U.S. Route 66 - National Old Trails Highway and of Interstate 40 , and west of the town ...
The state of California was divided into three numbering plan areas (NPAs) with distinct area codes: 213, 415, and 916, for the southern, central, and northern parts of the state, respectively. [ 1 ] In 1950, the boundaries of the numbering plan area were redrawn to produce a division of the northern and central parts along a north–south ...
Joshua trees, such as this 25-foot-tall specimen that is 150 to 200 years old, are threatened with removal for a solar project in Boron. Residents worry that construction dust will spread valley ...
Kern County, California, USA: Map of Kern County Sheriff's Office's jurisdiction: Size: 8,161 miles (13,134 km) Population: 839,631 (2010) Legal jurisdiction: As per operations jurisdiction: Operational structure; Headquarters: 1350 Norris Road Bakersfield, California: Deputies: 640 (Deputy Sheriff) 360 (Detention Deputy) Support Staffs: 331 ...