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Searles Lake

Occurrence in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Tungsten
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024775
MRDS ID ISM0527
Record type Site
Current site name Searles Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.33422, 35.74999 (WGS84)
Relative position CENTROID; CENTER OF SEARLES LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Searles Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ridgecrest(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Indian Wells-Searles Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Comments on the location information

  • INCLUDES ALL OF THE BRINES IN A MASSIVE SALT BODY IN THE NORTHEASTERN CORNE R OF THE MOHAVE DESERT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TUNGSTEN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Salt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.33422, 35.74999
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Salt Flat

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; TUNGSTEN IN BRINE SOLUTION: HALITE, SYLVITE, SODIUM SULPHATE AND BORAX

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tungsten First Recognized In Brines In 1937

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RR17B: SHORT TON UNITS

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ( H,X;PROGRESS BEING MADE TOWARD EXTRACTING OF W FROM BRINES, BUT VIABLE COM MERCIAL PROCESS UNDEVELOPED.;). ASSESSMENT(U.S. BUREAU OF MINES EXPERIMENTAL WORK ON PROCESS FOR EXTRACTION.); ESTIMATED 8,500,000 SHORT TON UNITS WO3 IN BRINES THAT CONTAIN W IN CONCENT RATIONS OF APPROXIMATELY 70 P.P.M. (0.005 - 0.008 PER CENT) WO3

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER,L.G., AND GARRETT,D.E., 1959, TUNGSTEN IN SEARLES LAKE, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, TRANSACTIONS VOLUME 214, P. 301-303.

  • Deposit

    LARSEN,L.P., LOWRIE,R.L., AND LELAND,G.R., 1971, AVAILABILITY OF TUNGSTEN A T VARIOUS PRICES FROM RESOURCES IN THE UNITED STATES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INF ORMATION CIRCULAR 8500, 65 P.

  • Deposit

    ALTRINGER,P.B., BROOKS,P.T., DANNENBERG, R.D., AND MARCHANT,W.N., TUNGSTEN RECOVERY FROM SEARLES LAKE BRINES BY ION EXCHANGE, MINING ENGINEERING, AUGUST, 1979, VOL. 31, NO. 8, P. 1, 220-1,225.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 Hobbs, Warren S. U.S. Geological Survey

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