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Bitter Spring Clay Prospect

Occurrence in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodity Bentonite
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023678
MRDS ID I001084
Record type Site
Current site name Bitter Spring Clay Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.43419, 35.21667 (WGS84)
Relative position 9 KM SW OF RED PASS LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bitter Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Comments on the location information

  • AREA IS A WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore
Analcime Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Halite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.43419, 35.21667
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Quaternary N20w-Trending Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAPP, J.S., AND VREDENBURGH, L.M., 1992, INDUSTRIAL MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF TERTIARY PLAYA DEPOSITS OF THE FORT IRWIN AREA, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: SOCIETY FOR MINING, METALLURGY, AND EXPLORATION, INC. PREPRINT NUMBER 92-44, 9 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PALE BTOWNISH-GRAY BENTONITIC BEDS. BITTER SPRING LAKE BED SEDIMENTS ARE FINE-GRAINED, WELL-SORTED, BROWNISH-GRAY, STRIKE N20W, DIP 20NE, AND HAVE THE APPEARANCE OF LEACHED "SALT CLAY". THE DEPOSITS ARE UNDERLAIN BY BASALT, RHYOLITE, AND DACITE FLOWS AND TUFFS, AS WELL AS VOLCANICLASTIC SEDIMENTS. OVERLYING ROCKS INCLUDE A DACITE ASHFLOW TUFF. THE SALINE CLAY BED AND OVERLYING ROCKS ARE DISPLACED BY A QUATERNARY N20W-TRENDING FAULT THAT PASSES THROUGH BITTER SPRING AND SHOWS MINOR VERTICAL OFFSET.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1992 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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