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Bitter Lake

Prospect in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodity Bromine
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Links to other databases
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041683
MRDS ID M056851
Record type Site
Current site name Bitter Lake
Alternate or previous names Epso, Salts, Poison, Hot & Spotted Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.4745, 48.97484 (WGS84)
Elevation 610

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oroville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Similkameen(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
040N 027E 07,18 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION DURING WWI

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Epsomite Ore
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result FROM BRINE 90% NA2 SO4, 7.3% MG SO4, 1.3% NACL

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.4745, 48.97484
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Salt Pans

Ore body information

  • General form LAKE BED
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: INTERMIXED WITH MUD, OTHER SALTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 9,000 TONS EPSOMITE

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 125,360 TONS MIXED SALTS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOUT 3 ACRES EXTENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey

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