Borate is a salt or ester of boric acid. Common borate salts include sodium metaborate, NaBO2, and sodium tetraborate, Na4B4O7. The latter also occurs naturally as borax. Borate esters include trimethyl borate, B(OCH3)3.
The mining of boron minerals is often referred to as borate mining. Various forms of borate are used as woodpreservatives.
A borate is simply a material made from or that contains a form of Boron, a natural element that is mined from the earth.
There are literally hundreds of forms and uses of borate products (laundry additives, eye washes, flea control, roach elimination,) many of which are used in pest control.
It is very important to select the correct borate pesticide for the intended pests or area to be treated.
Although the mines at Borate were a very important part of the Borax industry of California, little information exists about them, and very few people know of their existence.
The story of Borate begins with the discovery in 1881 of a new boraxmineral near Furnace Creek in Death Valley by R. Neuschwander.
By 1907 it was obvious to Smith that the days of Borate were numbered and the main operations were shifted to the Lila C mine at old Ryan, near Death Valley.
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