Searles Lake

Unknown in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Boron-Borates, Lithium, Tungsten, Potassium, Salt, Sodium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10236401
MRDS ID ISM0513
MAS/MILS ID 0060270015
Record type Site
Current site name Searles Lake
Alternate or previous names Searles Lake Deposit
Related records 60000729

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.3583, 35.7399 (WGS84)
Elevation 500
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Within 100 Meters

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Tertiary
Lithium Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Potassium Primary
Salt Secondary
Sodium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Borax Unknown
Gaylussite Unknown
Halite Unknown
Trona Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.3583, 35.7399

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 27M
    Length 15000M
    Width 11000M
    Area 10000HA
    Depth to top 7M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin EVAPORATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 7
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10000
    Date of Last Modification 950807

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Brine Operation
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Mining method Auger Mining - Solution Mining

Mining district

District name Searles Valley

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 8823HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ESTIMATE
    Mining Method IN SITU LEACH
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Operating Days per Year 365
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALTRINGER,P.B.,AND OTHERS, 1978, TUNGSTEN RECOVERY FROM

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    SEARLES LAKE BRINES: US BUMINES RI 8315, 15 PP.

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    -----. TUNGSTEN RECOVERY FROM SEARLES LAKE BRINES BY ION

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    EXCHANGE: MINING ENGINEERING, AUG 1979, PP. 1220-1225.

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    BAILEY,G.E., 1902, THE SALINE DEPOSITS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF

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    STATE MIN BUR BULL 24, 216 PP.

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    BERTHOLD,C.E., 1975, PROCESS TECHNOLOGY FOR RECOVERING GEO-

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    THERMAL BRINE MATERIALS (CONTRACT 144104): US BUMINES OFR

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    35-75, 255 PP.

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    BRADLEY,W.W., 1945, FLOWSHEET OF AMERICAN POTASH AND CHEM-

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    ICAL CORP. AT SEARLES LAKE, CALIF: CALIF JOURNAL OF MINES

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    AND GEOLOGY, V.41,NO.4,PP. 361-363

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    CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY, 1972, SALT-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: V.25,

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    N.10, P.233

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    CARPENTER,L.G.,AND GARRETT,D.E., TUNGSTEN IN SEARLES LAKE:

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    MINING ENGINEERING, MAR 1959, PP.301-303

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    DEGROOT,H., 1890, THE SEARLES BORAX MARSH: CALIF STATE MININ

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    BUREAU, 10TH ANNUAL REPORT, PP.534-539

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    DOLBEAR,C.E., 1913, THE SEARLES LAKE POTASH DEPOSIT: ENGI-

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    NEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V.95, PP. 259-261

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    DOLBEAR,S.H., 1914, THE SALINE DEPOSITS OF SEARLES LAKE, CAL

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    MINING AND ENGINEERING WORLD, V.41, PP.797-800

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    DROSTE,J.B., 1961, CLAY MINERALS IN SEDIMENTS OF OWENS,CHINA

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    SEARLES, PANAMINT, BRISTOL, CADIZ, AND DANBY LAKE BASINS,

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    CALIF: GSA BULLETIN, V.72, PP.1713-1722

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    DYER,B.W., SEARLES LAKE DEVELOPMENT: QUARTERLY OF COLORADO

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    SCHOOL OF MINES, OCT 1950, V.45, N4B, PP.39-44

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    GALE,H.S., 1913, PAPERS ON POTASH AND OTHER SALINES: USGS

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    BUL 540-N, PP.N1-37.

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    -----. 1915, SALINES IN THE OWENS, SEARLES, AND PANAMINT

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    BASINS, SE CALIF: USGS BULL 580, PP.251-323

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    -----. 1919, SEARLES LAKE, IN SALT RESOURCES OF THE UNITED

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    STATES: USGS BUL 669, PP.164-174

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    GARRETT,D.E., 1960, BORAX PROCESSING AT SEARLES LAKE, IN

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    INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS: NEW YORK, AIME, PP.119-122

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    HAINES,D.V., 1959, CORE LOGS FROM SEARLES LAKE, SAN BERNAR-

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    DINO CO, CALIF: USGS BUL 1045-E, PP.139-317

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    HAMMAN,W.D., 1912, THE SEARLES LAKE POTASH DEPOSIT: ENGINEER

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    ING AND MINING JOURNAL, V.93, PP.975-976

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    HICKS,W.B., 1915, EVAPORATION OF POTASH BRINES: USGS PROF

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    PAPER 95, PP.65-72

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    -----. 1917, EVAPORATION OF BRINE FROM SEARLES LAKE, CALIF:

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    USGS PROF PAPER 98, PP.1-8.

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    JENNINGS,C.W., AND OTHERS, 1962, GEOLOGIC MAP OF CALIF, OLAF

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    P. JENKINS ED., TRONA SHEET: CALIF DIV MINES AND GEOLOGY

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    MAP SHEET

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    KERR-MCGEE CORP, 1978, THE SEARLES LAKE FACILITIES: COMPANY

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    PAMPHLET

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    -----. 1980, AGREEMENT BETWEEN TRONA OPERATIONS, KERR-MCGEE

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    CHEMICAL CORP AND THE ILWU LOCAL N.35, NOV 21, 1980

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    -----. 1980, ANNUAL REPORT

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    -----. 1980, FORM 10-K REPORT TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

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    COMMISSION, PP.14-15

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    -----. 1980, TRONA, SODA ASH, AND THE ARGUS FACILITY: COM-

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    PANY BULLETIN 1400, 24PP.

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    LEBARON,I.M., KNOPF,W.C., APPLICATION OF ELECTROSTATICS TO

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    POTASH BENEFICIATION: MINING ENGINEERING, OCT 1958, PP.

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    1081-1083

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    LEONARDI,M.L., 1954, AMERICAN POTASH AND CHEMICAL CORP, MAIN

  • Deposit

    PLANT CYCLE: TRANS OF AIME, V.199, PP.203-208

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    MANNION,L.E., 1975, SODIUM CARBONATE DEPOSITS, IN INDUSTRIAL

  • Deposit

    MINERALS AND ROCKS: NEW YORK, AIME, PP.1061-1079

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    MOULTON,G.F.,JR., 1980, COMPENDIUM OF SEARLES LAKE OPERATION

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    KERR-MCGEE CHEMICAL CORP COMPANY PAMPHLET

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    -----. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, JUNE 23, 1981; JULY 28, 1981

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    PARKINSON,G. KERR-MCGEE EXPANDS SODA ASH OUTPUT NINE-FOLD

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    FROM SEARLES LAKE BRINES: E/MJ, OCT 1977, PP.71-75

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    RYAN,J.E., INDUSTRIAL SALTS: PRODUCTION AT SEARLES LAKE:

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    MINING ENGINEERING, MAY 1951, PP.447-452.

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    SEARLES,J.P., 1980, POTASH- A CHAPTER FROM MINERAL FACTS AND

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    PROBLEMS: US BUMINES, PREPRINT FROM BUL 671, 14 PP.

  • Deposit

    SINGLETON,R.H., 1978, POTASH: US BUMINES MINERAL COMMODITY

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    PROFILE 11, 27PP.

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    SMITH,G.I., 1962, SUBSURFACE STRATIGRAPHY OF LATE QUATERNARY

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    DEPOSITS, SEARLES LAKE, CALIF: A SUMMARY: USGS PROF PAPER

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    450-C, PP.C65-69

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    SMITH,G.I., 1979, SUBSURFACE STRATIGRAPHY AND GEOCHEMISTRY

  • Deposit

    OF LATE QUATERNARY EVAPORITES, SEARLES LAKE, CALIF: USGS

  • Deposit

    PROF PAPER 1043, 130PP.

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    SMITH,G.I., AND HAINES,D.V., 1964, CHARACTER AND DISTRIBU-

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    TION OF NONCLASTIC MINERALS IN THE SEARLES LAKE EVAPORITE

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    DEPOSIT, CALIF: USGS BUL 1181-P, 58PP.

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    SMITH,G.I., AND PRATT,W.P., 1957, CORE LOGS FROM OWENS,CHINA

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    SEARLES, AND PANAMINT BASINS, CALIF: USGS BUL 1045-A, PP.

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    1-4,25-51

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    US BUMINES, 1970, THE US POSITION AND OUTLOOK IN POTASH: US

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    BUMINES IC 8487, 47PP.

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    VER PLANCK,W.E., 1957, SALINES: CALIF DIV MINES BUL 176, PP.

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    475-482

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    WEISMAN,W.I., AND TANDY,C.W., 1975, SODIUM SULFATE DEPOSITS,

  • Deposit

    IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS: NEW YORK, AIME, PP.1081

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    -1093

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    WILSON,W.P., A TO Z IN POTASH ORE PROCESSING: E/MJ, AUG 1966

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    PP.86-91

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    E/MJ,1980, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, P.169

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    GIULIANELLI,J.L., AND OTHERS, FEASIBILITY OF "ENHANCED" SOL-

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    UTION MINING AT SEARLES LAKE, CALIFORNIA: MINING ENGINEER

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    ING, AUG 1981, PP.1227-1230.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADDED TO MILS BASED ON THE USGS-MRDS LIST OF JUNE 94. GSC ID OF ISM0513. FILE COPIED FROM THE SEARLES LAKE DEPOSIT PROPERTY FILE OF 0060710021. BIB. IS THE SAME AS THAT SEQ#. PROPERTIES ARE CLOSE TOO EACH OTHER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-AUG-95 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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