Boron

E416651

census-designated place unincorporated community

Boron is a small unincorporated community in Kern County, California, best known for its large open-pit borax mine and its location in the Mojave Desert.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Boron canonical	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	census-designated place ⓘ unincorporated community ⓘ
areaCode	442 ⓘ 760 ⓘ
climateClassification	hot desert climate (Köppen BWh) ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
county	Kern County NERFINISHED ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	about 2470 feet ⓘ about 753 meters ⓘ
governingBody	Kern County Board of Supervisors ⓘ surface form: Kern County government
hasClimate	arid desert climate ⓘ
hasIndustry	borax production ⓘ mining ⓘ
hasNameOrigin	boron chemical element ⓘ
hasNearbyFacility	Rio Tinto Boron Mine ⓘ
hasNearbyLandmark	Boron Air Force Station (former) ⓘ Saxony Motel sign (historic roadside feature) ⓘ Twenty Mule Team Museum ⓘ
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity	borate mining ⓘ
hasSettlementType	rural community ⓘ
hasTransportationAccess	State Route 58 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasUTCOffset	UTC−08:00 ⓘ
hasUTCOffsetDST	UTC−07:00 ⓘ
isIncorporated	no ⓘ
knownFor	borate mineral production ⓘ large open-pit borax mine ⓘ
locatedBetween	Barstow ⓘ Mojave Desert ⓘ surface form: Mojave
locatedIn	Antelope Valley ⓘ California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Kern County NERFINISHED ⓘ Mojave Desert ⓘ Mojave Desert ⓘ surface form: western Mojave Desert
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnHighway	California State Route 58 ⓘ
near	Edwards Air Force Base ⓘ Mojave Air and Space Port NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Mojave Desert ⓘ surface form: Mojave Desert region
postalCode	93516 ⓘ
region	Southern California ⓘ
state	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California

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East Kern County → contains → Boron ⓘ