The Searles Lake is a tungsten mine located in San Bernardino county, California.
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Searles Lake MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Searles Lake
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Location
State: California
County: San Bernardino
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Tungsten First Recognized In Brines In 1937
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Salt Flat
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): INCLUDES ALL OF THE BRINES IN A MASSIVE SALT BODY IN THE NORTHEASTERN CORNE R OF THE MOHAVE DESERT
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RR17B: SHORT TON UNITS
Comment (Commodity): TUNGSTEN
Comment (Development): NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. ( H,X;PROGRESS BEING MADE TOWARD EXTRACTING OF W FROM BRINES, BUT VIABLE COM MERCIAL PROCESS UNDEVELOPED.;). ASSESSMENT(U.S. BUREAU OF MINES EXPERIMENTAL WORK ON PROCESS FOR EXTRACTION.); ESTIMATED 8,500,000 SHORT TON UNITS WO3 IN BRINES THAT CONTAIN W IN CONCENT RATIONS OF APPROXIMATELY 70 P.P.M. (0.005 - 0.008 PER CENT) WO3
Comment (Geology): ; TUNGSTEN IN BRINE SOLUTION: HALITE, SYLVITE, SODIUM SULPHATE AND BORAX
Comment (Deposit): THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.).
References
Reference (Deposit): CARPENTER,L.G., AND GARRETT,D.E., 1959, TUNGSTEN IN SEARLES LAKE, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, TRANSACTIONS VOLUME 214, P. 301-303.
Reference (Deposit): LARSEN,L.P., LOWRIE,R.L., AND LELAND,G.R., 1971, AVAILABILITY OF TUNGSTEN A T VARIOUS PRICES FROM RESOURCES IN THE UNITED STATES, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, INF ORMATION CIRCULAR 8500, 65 P.
Reference (Deposit): ALTRINGER,P.B., BROOKS,P.T., DANNENBERG, R.D., AND MARCHANT,W.N., TUNGSTEN RECOVERY FROM SEARLES LAKE BRINES BY ION EXCHANGE, MINING ENGINEERING, AUGUST, 1979, VOL. 31, NO. 8, P. 1, 220-1,225.
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