Mine detail: Searles Lake

Previously called 'Borax LakeWestendTrona'

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Location

Lat / long: 35.76668, -117.40089

Resource(B)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Soda Ash, Boron-Borates, Potassium, Sodium Sulfate
Secondary: Lithium
Discovery year: 1863

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: LACUSTRINE BRINE, LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTARY
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1873

Geology

References

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Reference{Deposit:: SMITH, G.I., 1976, ORIGIN OF LITHIUM AND OTHER COMPONENTS IN THE SEARLES LAKE EVAPORITES, CALIFORNIA, IN VINE, J.E., ED., LITHIUM RESOURCES AND REQUIREMENTS BY THE YEAR 2000: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1005, P. 92-103.}{Deposit:: RYKEN, L.E., 1976, LITHIUM PRODUCTION FROM SEARLES VALLEY, IN VINE, J.E., ED., LITHIUM RESOURCES AND REQUIREMENTS BY THE YEAR 2000: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1005, P. 33-34.}{Deposit:: KISTLER, R.B., AND SMITH, W.C., 1975, BORON AND BORATES, IN LEFOND, S.J., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS (NONMETALLICS OTHER THAN FUELS): NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 473-496.}{Deposit:: ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 1993, THE ECONOMICS OF BORON 1993, 7TH ED.: LONDON, ROSKILL INFORMATION SERVICES LTD., 156 P.}{Deposit:: SMITH, G.I., 1985, BORATE DEPOSITS IN THE UNITED STATES - DISSIMILAR IN FORM, SIMILAR IN GEOLOGIC SETTING, IN BARKER, J.M., AND LEFOND, S.J., EDS., BORATES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY AND PRODUCTION: NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, INC., P. 37-51.}{Deposit:: LYDAY, P.A., 1992, HISTORY OF BORON PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 303, P. 19-37.}