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Imperial Salt Works

Past Producer in Imperial county in California, United States with commodities Bromine, Sodium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10062705
MRDS ID TC36251
Record type Site
Current site name Imperial Salt Works
Alternate or previous names Western Salt Company
Related records 10179723

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.65415, 33.33478 (WGS84)
Relative position 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF NILAND, 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FRINK SIDING.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Imperial(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frink(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salton Sea(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salton Sea(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

LG(Federal land areas administered by LG)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Imperial

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 10S 13E 6 California

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG SOUTH SHORE OF THE SALTON SEA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary
Sodium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Borrego Formation
    Rock description Borrego Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.65415, 33.33478
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1930

Mining district

District name Salton Sea

Comments on development

  • SALT WAS OBTAINED THROUGH CRYSTALLIZATION BY SOLAR EVAPORATION OF BRINE THEN DRAWN THROUGH A CANAL AND TO TWO SEPARATE SERIES OF PONDS. HARVESTING WAS DONE ONCE A YEAR BY DRAGLINE SCRAPER INTO DUMP RAIL CARS. ; MILL.CAP: 16,000 TONS/YEAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORTON, PAUL K., 1977, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, CALIFORNIA DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, COUNTY REPORT NO. 7

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1992 Gray, Floyd U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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