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Soda Lake deposit (Strip Mine), Soda Lake area, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo Co., California, USA

Halite
Soda Lake deposit, Soda Lake area, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo Co., California, USA
Latitude: 35°20'15"N
Longitude: 119°56'40"W
A former Na mine located in T31S, R20 & 21E, MDM, 12.4 km (7.7 miles) NNW of Soda Lake (coordinates of record per USGS MRDS database).

References

Arnold, Ralph & Harry R. Johnson (1909), Sodium sulphate in Soda Lake, Carriso Plain, San Luis Obispo County, California: USGS Bulletin 380: 369-371.

Gale, Hoyt Stoddard (1914e), Sodium sulphate in the Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, California: USGS Bulletin 540: 428-433.

Schaller, Waldemar Theodore (1916a), Mineralogic notes, USGS Bulletin 610: 148.

Tucker, W. Burling (1921), Los Angeles field division: California Mining Bureau. Report 17: 386.

Franke, Herbert A. (1935a), Mines and mineral resources of San Luis Obispo County, California: California Division Mines Report 31: 455.

Eady, A.F. (1966) Bloedite-Kristalle von Soda Lake, San Luis Obispo County, Kalifornien. Aufschluss: 17: 268-269. [(abstract) Min. Abst. (1967): 18(2): 145].

Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), Minerals of California, Centennial Volume (1866-1966): California Division Mines & Geology Bulletin 189: 108, 214, 267, 365.

Pemberton, H. Earl (1983), Minerals of California; Van Nostrand Reinholt Press: 268, 280.

Mineral List

Blödite
Hanksite
Mirabilite
Thenardite


4 entries listed. 4 valid minerals.

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