Cadiz Dry Lake

Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Lithium, Potassium, Calcium, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Salt, Strontium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10285720
MAS/MILS ID 0060710545
Record type Site
Current site name Cadiz Dry Lake

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.38832, 34.28723 (WGS84)
Elevation 168
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cadiz Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sheep Hole Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 002 N 015 E 03 NESE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lithium Critical Tertiary
Potassium Tertiary
Calcium Primary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary
Salt Secondary
Strontium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.38832, 34.28723

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease
Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Hill Brothers Chemical Co.
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Delta Chemical Co.
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Lee Chemical Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REPORT PREPARED ON BEHALF OF BLM, CAL. DESERT PLAN STAFF,

  • Deposit

    GALE, H.S. AND HICKS, W.B., 1920, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE

  • Deposit

    U.S., 1917, PART 2, USGS, P. 397-481.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1930: REPORT 26 OF THE STATE

  • Deposit

    MINERALOGIST, NO.3, CALIFORNIA DIVISION MINES. P. 202-325.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931: REPORT 27 OF THE STATE

  • Deposit

    MINERALOGIST, NO.3, CALIFORNIA DIVISION MINES, P. 262-401.

  • Deposit

    HEWETT, D.F. AND OTHERS, 1936, MINERAL RESOURCES OF REGION

  • Deposit

    AROUND BOULDER DAM: USGS BULL. 871, 197 P.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943; CJMG, VOL. 39, NO. 4,

  • Deposit

    P. 427-549.

  • Deposit

    KING, C.R., 1948; CJMG, VOL 44, NO. 2, P. 189-200.

  • Deposit

    VER PLANCK, W.E., 1950; C.D.M. BULL 156, PT. 3, P. 208-251.

  • Deposit

    WRIGHT, L.A. AND OTHERS, 1953; CJMG VOL. 49, NOS. 1 AND 2

  • Deposit

    P. 49-257.

  • Deposit

    VER PLANCK, W.E., 1957; CDM BULL. 176, P. 475-482.

  • Deposit

    VER PLANCK, W.E, 1958; CDM BULL. 175, 168 P.

  • Deposit

    DANEHY, E.A. AND COLLIER, J.T., 1959, GEOL. AND MINERAL RES.

  • Deposit

    T3N, R15-16E, SBM: SO. PACIFIC CO., UNPUB. MAP AND REPORT.

  • Deposit

    SPURCK, W.H., 1959, GEOL. AND MINERAL RES., T3N, R13-14E,

  • Deposit

    SBM: SO. PACIFIC CO., UNPUB. MAP AND REPORT.

  • Deposit

    SPURCK, W.H., 1959, GEOL. AND MINERAL ES., T2N, R15-16E,

  • Deposit

    CALZIA, J.P. AND OTHERS, 1979, LEASEABLE MINERAL RESOURCES

  • Deposit

    OF THE CALIFORNIA DESERT CONSERVATION AREA: USGS ADMIN.

  • Deposit

    RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, P. 28-34.

  • Deposit

    CALZIA, J.P. AND MOORE, S.W., 1980, GEOPHYSICAL, LITHOLOGIC

  • Deposit

    AND WATER-QUALITY DATA FROM CADIZ DRY LAKE, SAN BERNADINO

  • Deposit

    COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 80-273.

  • Deposit

    ALTHOUGH THE CALCIUM, SODIUM, GYPSUM, STRONTIUM, AND LITHIUM

  • Deposit

    OCCURRENCES ARE SPREAD OVER DIFFEENT LOCALITIES, CADIZ DRY

  • Deposit

    LAKE IS TREATED AS ONE MINERAL LOCALITY ZONED WITH RESPECT

  • Deposit

    TO CONCENRATION AND COMPOSITION OF BRINES AND EVAPORITES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Moyle, Phillip R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references

Authoritative California resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.