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Searles Lake

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008577
MRDS ID D000885
Record type Site
Current site name Searles Lake
Related records 10261819

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.33422, 35.74999 (WGS84)

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
Tungsten Critical Primary
Bromine Primary
Lithium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brine Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.33422, 35.74999
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER AND GARRETT, 1959, AIME TRANS., VOL. 214. P. 301-303.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 50 PPM WO3 IN BRINE. LARGE VOLUME BUT NO ECONOMIC RECOVERY PROCESS HAS BEEN DEVELOPED. LARGEST DEPOSIT IN U.S.A.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-74 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey SOURCES & UPGRADES EDITS
Editor 01-MAY-74 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey

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