Salt Ponds

Past Producer in Orange county in California, United States with commodity Salt
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10163972
MAS/MILS ID 0060590091
Record type Site
Current site name Salt Ponds
Alternate or previous names Western Salt Ponds

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.87088, 33.64833 (WGS84)
Elevation 16
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tustin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Santa Ana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Newport Bay(hydrologic unit)

Santa Ana(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Orange

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 006 S 010 W 13 NESE California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Salt Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.87088, 33.64833

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Brine Operation
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LOCATED FROM TUSTIN 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JAN-1991 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative California resources

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