Bristol Dry Lake Pit

Producer in San Bernardino county in California, United States with commodities Calcium, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Salt, Strontium
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10262540
MAS/MILS ID 0060710547
Record type Site
Current site name Bristol Dry Lake Pit
Alternate or previous names National Chloride Co. of America, Hollar Chemical Co., Saline Products Co., Bristol Dry Lake

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.72054, 34.57502 (WGS84)
Elevation 185
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Bernardino(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Amboy(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Amboy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Needles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic unit)

Southern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southern Mojave-Salton Sea(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management CA)

Bureau of Land Management CA BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California San Bernardino

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
San Bernardino 005 N 012 E 27 NWNWNW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary
Salt Tertiary
Strontium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.72054, 34.57502

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease
Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner National Chloride Co. Of America
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Leslie Salt Co.
  • Type Unknown
    Owner California Salt Co.
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Leslie Salt Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office California
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HESS, F.L., 1910, A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE GYPSUM DEPOSITS OF

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA: USGS BULL. 413, P. 25-27.

  • Deposit

    CLOUDMAN, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1919: REPORT 15 OF THE STATE

  • Deposit

    -897.

  • Deposit

    HERN PACIFIC CO, SAN STONE, R.W. AND OTHERS, GYPSUM DEPOSITS

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    OF THE U.S.: USGS BULL. 697, P. 58-86.

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    TUCKER, W.B., 1921: REPORT 17 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST,

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    CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, PART 3, P. 263-390.

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    NEWMAN, M.A., 1923: REPORT 18 OF THE STATE MINERALOGIST,

  • Deposit

    CALIFORNIA STATE MINING BUREAU, P. 611-618

  • Deposit

    FOSHAG, W.F., 1926, SALINE LAKES OF HE MOJAVE REGION:

  • Deposit

    ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 1, P. 56-64.

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    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1930: REPORT 26 OF THE STATE

  • Deposit

    MINERALOGIST, NO. 3, CALIFORNIA DIVISION MINES, P. 202-325.

  • Deposit

    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1931: REPORT 27 OF THE STATE

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    MINERALOGIST, NO. 3, CALIFORNIA DIVISION MINES, P. 262-401.

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    HEWETT, D.F. AND OTHERS, 1936, MINERAL RESOURCES OF REGION

  • Deposit

    AROUND BOULDER DAM: USGS BULL. 871, 197 P.

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    TUCKER, W.B. AND SAMPSON, R.J., 1943: CJMG, VOL 39, NO. 4,

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    P. 427-549.

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    KING, C.R., 1948: CJMG, VOL. 44, NO. 2, P. 189-200.

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    VER PLANCK, W.E., 1950: CDM BULL. 156, PT. 3 P. 208-251.

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    GALE, H.S., 1951: CDM SPECIAL REPORT 13, 21P.

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    MINERAL RESOURCES OF T8N,M BULL. 163, P. 47-48.

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    DURRELL, CORDELL, 1953: CDM SPECIAL REPORT 32, P. 9-14.

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    CALIF. JOUR. MINES AND GEOL., V. 49, 1953, P. 227-228.

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    VER PLANCK, W.E., 1957: CDM BUL. 176, P. 475-482.

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    VER PLANCK, W.E., 1958: CDM BULL. 175, 168P.

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    SCHRECK, A.E. AND ARUNDALE, J.C., 1959: USBUMINES I.C. 7933,

  • Deposit

    P. 17.

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    CALZIA, J.. AND OTHERS, 1979, LEASEABLE MINERAL RESOURCES

  • Deposit

    OF THE CALIFORNIA DESERT CONSERVATION AREA: USGS ADMIN.

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    REPORT PREPARED ON BEHALF OF BLM, CAL. DESERT PLAN STAFF,

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    RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, P. 122-128.

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    CALZIA, J.P., 1979, GEOPHYSICAL, LITHOLOGIC, AND WATER-

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    QUALITY DATA FROM BRISTOL DRY LAKE, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY,

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    CALIFORNIA; USGS, CONSERVATION DIVISION, MENLO PARK, TWO

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    UNPUBLISHED SHEETS.

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    ALTHOUGH THE CALCIUM AND SODIUM CHLORIDE, GYPSUM, AND

  • Deposit

    CELESTITE (SR) OCCURRENCES ARE SPREAD OVER DIFFERENT

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    LOCALITIES, BRISTOL DRY LAKE IS TREATED AS ONE MINERAL

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    LOCALITY, ZONED WITH RESPECT TO CONCENTRATION AND

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    COMPOSITION OF BRINES AND EVAPORITES.

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    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. SPECIAL PUBLICATION 103, 1990,

  • Deposit

    P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-MAR-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

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