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Saline Valley Salt

Past Producer in Inyo county in California, United States with commodities Boron-Borates, Salt
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10260706
MAS/MILS ID 0060270768
Record type Site
Current site name Saline Valley Salt
Alternate or previous names Saline Valley

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.81531, 36.69526 (WGS84)
Elevation 322
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Inyo(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Craig Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saline Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Death Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Eureka-Saline Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Death Valley National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Inyo

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 014 S 038 E 26 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Boron-Borates Primary
Salt Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.81531, 36.69526
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 47, 1951, P. 223.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES BULLETIN 175, 1958, P. 25-26.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-2, 1988,

  • Deposit

    NO. 164, PLATE 2B.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALSO SEC. 11-15, 22-25 AND SEC 7,8, 16-21, 29, 30 T14S, R39E KK=KCL; SF=NA2SO4; BO=NA2B407; ON=NA2CO3.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-1991 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative California resources

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