Searles Lake Deposit

Site Name

Primary: Searles Lake Deposit
Secondary: Searles Lake

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Commodity

Primary: Potassium
Secondary: Sodium
Secondary: Salt
Tertiary: Lithium
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Boron-Borates

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Location

State: California
County: San Bernardino
District: Searles Valley

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Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

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Holdings

Type: Fee Ownership
Type: Federal Lease

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Workings

Type: Surface

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Ownership

Not available

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Production

Not available

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
Operation Type: Brine Operation
Mining Method: Auger Mining - Solution Mining
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

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Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin

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Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

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Orebody

Not available

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Structure

Not available

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Alterations

Not available

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Rocks

Not available

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Analytical Data

Not available

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Materials

Unknown: Trona
Unknown: Halite
Unknown: Gaylussite
Unknown: Borax

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): ADDED TO MILS BASED ON THE USGS-MRDS LIST OF JUNE 94. GSC ID OF ISM0513. FILE COPIED FROM THE SEARLES LAKE DEPOSIT PROPERTY FILE OF 0060710021. BIB. IS THE SAME AS THAT SEQ#. PROPERTIES ARE CLOSE TOO EACH OTHER.

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References

Reference (Deposit): KERR-MCGEE CHEMICAL CORP COMPANY PAMPHLET

Reference (Deposit): MOULTON,G.F.,JR., 1980, COMPENDIUM OF SEARLES LAKE OPERATION

Reference (Deposit): 475-482

Reference (Deposit): MINERALS AND ROCKS: NEW YORK, AIME, PP.1061-1079

Reference (Deposit): VER PLANCK,W.E., 1957, SALINES: CALIF DIV MINES BUL 176, PP.

Reference (Deposit): BUMINES IC 8487, 47PP.

Reference (Deposit): US BUMINES, 1970, THE US POSITION AND OUTLOOK IN POTASH: US

Reference (Deposit): 1-4,25-51

Reference (Deposit): SEARLES, AND PANAMINT BASINS, CALIF: USGS BUL 1045-A, PP.

Reference (Deposit): SMITH,G.I., AND PRATT,W.P., 1957, CORE LOGS FROM OWENS,CHINA

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSIT, CALIF: USGS BUL 1181-P, 58PP.

Reference (Deposit): TION OF NONCLASTIC MINERALS IN THE SEARLES LAKE EVAPORITE

Reference (Deposit): SMITH,G.I., AND HAINES,D.V., 1964, CHARACTER AND DISTRIBU-

Reference (Deposit): PROF PAPER 1043, 130PP.

Reference (Deposit): OF LATE QUATERNARY EVAPORITES, SEARLES LAKE, CALIF: USGS

Reference (Deposit): SMITH,G.I., 1979, SUBSURFACE STRATIGRAPHY AND GEOCHEMISTRY

Reference (Deposit): 450-C, PP.C65-69

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS, SEARLES LAKE, CALIF: A SUMMARY: USGS PROF PAPER

Reference (Deposit): PROFILE 11, 27PP.

Reference (Deposit): SMITH,G.I., 1962, SUBSURFACE STRATIGRAPHY OF LATE QUATERNARY

Reference (Deposit): SINGLETON,R.H., 1978, POTASH: US BUMINES MINERAL COMMODITY

Reference (Deposit): PROBLEMS: US BUMINES, PREPRINT FROM BUL 671, 14 PP.

Reference (Deposit): SEARLES,J.P., 1980, POTASH- A CHAPTER FROM MINERAL FACTS AND

Reference (Deposit): MINING ENGINEERING, MAY 1951, PP.447-452.

Reference (Deposit): RYAN,J.E., INDUSTRIAL SALTS: PRODUCTION AT SEARLES LAKE:

Reference (Deposit): FROM SEARLES LAKE BRINES: E/MJ, OCT 1977, PP.71-75

Reference (Deposit): PARKINSON,G. KERR-MCGEE EXPANDS SODA ASH OUTPUT NINE-FOLD

Reference (Deposit): MANNION,L.E., 1975, SODIUM CARBONATE DEPOSITS, IN INDUSTRIAL

Reference (Deposit): ING, AUG 1981, PP.1227-1230.

Reference (Deposit): UTION MINING AT SEARLES LAKE, CALIFORNIA: MINING ENGINEER

Reference (Deposit): GIULIANELLI,J.L., AND OTHERS, FEASIBILITY OF "ENHANCED" SOL-

Reference (Deposit): PP.86-91

Reference (Deposit): E/MJ,1980, INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF MINING, P.169

Reference (Deposit): WILSON,W.P., A TO Z IN POTASH ORE PROCESSING: E/MJ, AUG 1966

Reference (Deposit): -1093

Reference (Deposit): IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS: NEW YORK, AIME, PP.1081

Reference (Deposit): WEISMAN,W.I., AND TANDY,C.W., 1975, SODIUM SULFATE DEPOSITS,

Reference (Deposit): PLANT CYCLE: TRANS OF AIME, V.199, PP.203-208

Reference (Deposit): 1081-1083

Reference (Deposit): LEONARDI,M.L., 1954, AMERICAN POTASH AND CHEMICAL CORP, MAIN

Reference (Deposit): POTASH BENEFICIATION: MINING ENGINEERING, OCT 1958, PP.

Reference (Deposit): PANY BULLETIN 1400, 24PP.

Reference (Deposit): LEBARON,I.M., KNOPF,W.C., APPLICATION OF ELECTROSTATICS TO

Reference (Deposit): -----. 1980, TRONA, SODA ASH, AND THE ARGUS FACILITY: COM-

Reference (Deposit): COMMISSION, PP.14-15

Reference (Deposit): -----. 1980, FORM 10-K REPORT TO THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

Reference (Deposit): -----. 1980, ANNUAL REPORT

Reference (Deposit): CHEMICAL CORP AND THE ILWU LOCAL N.35, NOV 21, 1980

Reference (Deposit): -----. 1980, AGREEMENT BETWEEN TRONA OPERATIONS, KERR-MCGEE

Reference (Deposit): ICAL CORP. AT SEARLES LAKE, CALIF: CALIF JOURNAL OF MINES

Reference (Deposit): BRADLEY,W.W., 1945, FLOWSHEET OF AMERICAN POTASH AND CHEM-

Reference (Deposit): 35-75, 255 PP.

Reference (Deposit): THERMAL BRINE MATERIALS (CONTRACT 144104): US BUMINES OFR

Reference (Deposit): BERTHOLD,C.E., 1975, PROCESS TECHNOLOGY FOR RECOVERING GEO-

Reference (Deposit): STATE MIN BUR BULL 24, 216 PP.

Reference (Deposit): BAILEY,G.E., 1902, THE SALINE DEPOSITS OF CALIFORNIA: CALIF

Reference (Deposit): EXCHANGE: MINING ENGINEERING, AUG 1979, PP. 1220-1225.

Reference (Deposit): -----. TUNGSTEN RECOVERY FROM SEARLES LAKE BRINES BY ION

Reference (Deposit): SEARLES LAKE BRINES: US BUMINES RI 8315, 15 PP.

Reference (Deposit): ALTRINGER,P.B.,AND OTHERS, 1978, TUNGSTEN RECOVERY FROM

Reference (Deposit): PAMPHLET

Reference (Deposit): -----. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION, JUNE 23, 1981; JULY 28, 1981

Reference (Deposit): KERR-MCGEE CORP, 1978, THE SEARLES LAKE FACILITIES: COMPANY

Reference (Deposit): -----. 1915, SALINES IN THE OWENS, SEARLES, AND PANAMINT

Reference (Deposit): BUL 540-N, PP.N1-37.

Reference (Deposit): GALE,H.S., 1913, PAPERS ON POTASH AND OTHER SALINES: USGS

Reference (Deposit): SCHOOL OF MINES, OCT 1950, V.45, N4B, PP.39-44

Reference (Deposit): DYER,B.W., SEARLES LAKE DEVELOPMENT: QUARTERLY OF COLORADO

Reference (Deposit): CARPENTER,L.G.,AND GARRETT,D.E., TUNGSTEN IN SEARLES LAKE:

Reference (Deposit): N.10, P.233

Reference (Deposit): CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY, 1972, SALT-SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: V.25,

Reference (Deposit): AND GEOLOGY, V.41,NO.4,PP. 361-363

Reference (Deposit): BASINS, SE CALIF: USGS BULL 580, PP.251-323

Reference (Deposit): CALIF: GSA BULLETIN, V.72, PP.1713-1722

Reference (Deposit): SEARLES, PANAMINT, BRISTOL, CADIZ, AND DANBY LAKE BASINS,

Reference (Deposit): DROSTE,J.B., 1961, CLAY MINERALS IN SEDIMENTS OF OWENS,CHINA

Reference (Deposit): MINING AND ENGINEERING WORLD, V.41, PP.797-800

Reference (Deposit): DOLBEAR,S.H., 1914, THE SALINE DEPOSITS OF SEARLES LAKE, CAL

Reference (Deposit): NEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, V.95, PP. 259-261

Reference (Deposit): DOLBEAR,C.E., 1913, THE SEARLES LAKE POTASH DEPOSIT: ENGI-

Reference (Deposit): BUREAU, 10TH ANNUAL REPORT, PP.534-539

Reference (Deposit): DEGROOT,H., 1890, THE SEARLES BORAX MARSH: CALIF STATE MININ

Reference (Deposit): MINING ENGINEERING, MAR 1959, PP.301-303

Reference (Deposit): MAP SHEET

Reference (Deposit): P. JENKINS ED., TRONA SHEET: CALIF DIV MINES AND GEOLOGY

Reference (Deposit): USGS PROF PAPER 98, PP.1-8.

Reference (Deposit): JENNINGS,C.W., AND OTHERS, 1962, GEOLOGIC MAP OF CALIF, OLAF

Reference (Deposit): PAPER 95, PP.65-72

Reference (Deposit): -----. 1917, EVAPORATION OF BRINE FROM SEARLES LAKE, CALIF:

Reference (Deposit): HICKS,W.B., 1915, EVAPORATION OF POTASH BRINES: USGS PROF

Reference (Deposit): ING AND MINING JOURNAL, V.93, PP.975-976

Reference (Deposit): HAMMAN,W.D., 1912, THE SEARLES LAKE POTASH DEPOSIT: ENGINEER

Reference (Deposit): DINO CO, CALIF: USGS BUL 1045-E, PP.139-317

Reference (Deposit): HAINES,D.V., 1959, CORE LOGS FROM SEARLES LAKE, SAN BERNAR-

Reference (Deposit): INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS: NEW YORK, AIME, PP.119-122

Reference (Deposit): GARRETT,D.E., 1960, BORAX PROCESSING AT SEARLES LAKE, IN

Reference (Deposit): STATES: USGS BUL 669, PP.164-174

Reference (Deposit): -----. 1919, SEARLES LAKE, IN SALT RESOURCES OF THE UNITED

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