Searles Lake

The Searles Lake is a tungsten mine located in San Bernardino county, California.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Searles Lake  

State:  California

County:  San Bernardino

Elevation:

Commodity: Tungsten

Lat, Long: 35.75, -117.33333

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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

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Structure

Type: R
Description: Salt Flat


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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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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