Borax Visitor Center - Boron, California

Sara

En el centro de visitantes puedes aprender sobre la historia de la extracción del bórax y litio así como ver a lo lejos la mina a cielo abierto y la fábrica. Puedes llevarte una muestra del mineral. Se llega mediante un desvío desde la carretera 58 antes de llegar a Boron. No hay que entrar en la fábrica para nada sino que hay que seguir la carretera dejando la fábrica a la izquierda hasta llegar a un camino con bastante pendiente. Aparcamiento en la puerta del centro. Gratuito, aceptan donaciones. Horario de martes a sábado de 09:00-17:00. Muy buena atención por parte de la persona que nos atendió. Muy recomendable, aunque sí es verdad que está en mitad de la nada y hay que desviarse para llegar.

Josefo C.

Las excavaciones son maravillosas. La información muy detallada e interesante.

Patty Kushner

Very interesting and Marlon, one of the docents is very informative and friendly. There's a wonderful museum and many displays as well as a gift shop. We drove our 35 ft 5th wheel and truck up the fairly steep road about half to 3/4 of a mile and there's plenty of room at the parking lot at the top to park and turn around .....providing there aren't an abundance of vehicles already there........and a weekday is recommended.

DeWitt Senter

Driven past the plant forever and decided to stop in finally. Enjoyed the pictorial history of the Borax plant on display, the 15-minute overview movie, and our guide who worked there for decades. One note: you have to go up a dirt road for about 1/4 mile to get to the visitor center.

Jana West

☀️ Borax Visitor Center

A couple of years ago in Death Valley, we stopped at the 20 mule team borax mine. After that, mine closed. They moved to this mine that was once an underground mine but was converted to this open pit mine. As with most pictures, you just can't tell how huge this mine is. Boron is in almost everything we use every day. As of recently, they have also started mining lithium here as well. This location has the 20 mule team statues as well, but it is being redone, so it's not much to see at the moment.

Frans Sanders

Great spot to learn more about Borax mining, this stuff is used for so many things, it is unreal. They also mine lithium so between the two I am sure you have at least 20-50 items in house that contain one and/or the other. This mine is the largest open mine in California and produces a third of the world’s supply of Borax. They create their own electricity, use the water found on site and can still mine for at least 60 years without running out. At that time they will bring the landscape back to what it was before as per the law. People in the visitor center were knowledgeable and very friendly.

Susan Adkins

You never know something until you check it out. I'm so glad we did. Wonderful museum and gift shop.. A small video of the the origins and history of Borax.
A treasure in the Mojave Desert.

Wayne Clark

Impressive corporate Visitor Center with a complete history of the mine and the minerals in the area and includes a good video presentation. Anyone traveling through the area should make a point to stop in, especially if you visited Death Valley!