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Cadiz Dry Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 17' 14'' North , 115° 23' 15'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
34.28722,-115.38750
GeoHash:
G#: 9qjgn3c3s
GRN:
N23W69
Type:
Lake
Köppen climate type:
BWh : Hot deserts climate
Mindat Locality ID:
88232
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:88232:8
GUID (UUID V4):
0


A Ca-Na-salt-K-Sr-gypsum/anhydrite-Li deposit/mines located in T2 & 3N, R15E, SBM, about 12 miles ESE of Danby Dry Lake and SE of Amboy.

Although the Ca, Na, gypsum, Sr, and Li occurrences are spread over different localities, Cadiz Dry Lake is treated as one mineral locality zoned with respect to concentration and composition of brines and evaporites.

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Group 3 - Halides
ⓘHalite3.AA.20NaCl
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘGypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O

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HHydrogen
Hⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
OOxygen
Oⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
NaSodium
Naⓘ HaliteNaCl
SSulfur
Sⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
ClChlorine
Clⓘ HaliteNaCl
CaCalcium
Caⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O

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References

T3N, R15-16E, SBM: Southern Pacific Co., unpublished map and report.
Gale, H.S. and Hicks, W.B. (1920), Mineral Resources of the U.S., 1917, Part 2, USGS: 397-481.
Tucker, W. Burling & Reid J. Sampson (1930), Los Angeles field division: California Mining Bureau. Report 26 No. 3: 202-325.
Tucker, W. Burling & Reid J. Sampson (1931), Los Angeles Field Division; 27th Report of the State Mineralogist; San Bernardino County: California Mining Bureau. Report 27: 262-401.
Hewett, D. F.; Callaghan, Eugene; Moore, B. N.; Nolan, T. B.; Rubey, W. W.; Schaller, W. T. (1936) Mineral resources of the region around Boulder Dam. Bulletin 871. US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/b871
Tucker, W. Burling, Reid J. Sampson (1943) Mineral resources of San Bernardino County. California Journal of Mines and Geology, 39 (4) 427-549
King, C.R. (1948), California Journal of Mines and Geology, California Division Mines (Report 44): 44(2): 189-200
Ver Planck, Wm. E., Jr. (1950), Strontium in California. California Division of Mines Bulletin 156, part 3: 208-251.
Wright, L.A., et al (1953), Mines and mineral resources of San Bernardino County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 49(1-2): 220
Wright, L.A., et al (1953), Mines and mineral resources of San Bernardino County, California: California Journal of Mines and Geology: 49(1-2): 220; Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 192 (map 5-3), 193.
Ver Planck, W.E. (1957), California Division of Mines and Geology Bulletin 176: 475-482.
Ver Planck, Wm. E., Jr. (1958), Salt in California: California Division Mines Bulletin 175, 168 pp.
Danehy, E.A. and Collier, J.T. (1959), Geology and Mineral Resources of
Spurck, W.H. (1959), Geology and Mineral Resources of T3N, R13-14E, SBM.
Spurck, W.H. (1959), Geology and Mineral Resources of T2N, R15-16E, SBM.
Calzia, J.P. et al (1979), Leaseable Mineral Resources of the California Desert Conservation Area: USGS Administration Riverside, California: 28-34.
Calzia, J.P. and Moore, S.W. (1980), Geophysical, Lithhlogic and Water-Quality Data from Cadiz Dry Lake, San Bernardino County, California: USGS Open-File Report 80-273.
Rosen, M.R.; Stillings, L.L.; Kane, T.; Campbell, K.; Vitale, P.G., M.; Spanjers, P.G., R. (2020) Li and Ca Enrichment in the Bristol Dry Lake Brine Compared to Brines from Cadiz and Danby Dry Lakes, Barstow-Bristol Trough, California, USA. Minerals 10, 284.
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