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Mirabilite from
Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA


Locality type:Lake
Classification
Species:Mirabilite
Formula:Na2SO4 · 10H2O
Comments:Occurs as a large deposit.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mirabilite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
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Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:133559
Long-form Identifier:1:3:133559:0
GUID (UUID V4):e559e61f-246f-487c-89e5-1a9e91c779a6
Nearest other occurrences of Mirabilite
12.4km (7.7 miles) Soda Lake deposit (Strip Mine), Soda Lake area, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
References
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Report (volume)
chemical marketMap showing alkali flat in Dona Ana County, N. Mex____ Schematic outline of the sulphate process...Glauber's salt, which is known mineralogically as mirabilite, and as the anhydrous sulphate, thenardite, and...OF PRINCIPAL COMPOUNDS OF SODIUM SULPHATES * Mirabilite. Hydrated sodium sulphate, Na2S04.10H20. Composition...(somewhat resembling borax). Cleavage, a FIGURE 1. Mirabilite. perfect. Hardness, 1.5-2. Specific gravity...soluble in water. The long prismatic crystals of mirabilite shown in Figure 1 are very characteristic; they
Report (issue)
539(1) β = 100.84◦ X-ray Powder Pattern: Soda Lake, California, USA. 3.252 (100), 4.555 (95), 3.289 (95)...(marine salt deposits); halite, thénardite, mirabilite (lacustrine salt deposits). Distribution: From...Poland. In Italy, at Monte Sambuco, Sicily. In the USA, from the Green River Formation, Garfield and Rio...Great Salt Lake, Davis Co., Utah; large crystals from Soda Lake, Carrizo Plain, San Luis Obispo Co., and...at Bertram Siding, Salton Sea, Imperial Co., California; from Laguna Salina, Estancia Valley, Torrance
Report (issue)
Occurrence: Typically in lacustrine (salt and soda lake) evaporite deposits in arid regions, also as crusts...precipitates around fumaroles. Association: Mirabilite, blödite, glauberite, epsomite, gypsum, natron...beds or as large crystals. From the Espartinas salt lake, near Aranjuez, Madrid Province, Spain. On Vesuvius...At Etosha Pan, Namibia. In Chile, from Salar de San Sebastian and as large crystals at Salar de Pintados...In the USA, in California, large crystals from Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., at Soda Lake, Carrizo
Report (issue)
with reference to saline deposits may be deduced. LAKE HISTORY OF THE DESERT BASINS. It is well known...referred to in the literature on this region as showing lake history or epochs preceding the. 400 CONTRIBUTIONS...classification of the desert basins based on theii lake history is suggested in the following descriptions...in the Owens basin, the former Searles Lake, and a deep lake that occupied the Panamint Valley. Although...Columbus Marsh, Nev.; those of southern Oregon; and Lake Le Conte, a former body of water occupying the basin
Report (issue)
Mirabilite Na2 SO4 • 10H2 O c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic...the USA, at Soda Lake, San Luis Obispo Co., and in Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California; along...along Great Salt Lake, Davis Co., Utah; at Lake Lucero, west of Valmont, Doña Ana Co., New Mexico; around... M.E. Mrose, and J.J. Fahey (1970) Ice-clear mirabilite from Salar de Pintados, northern Chile. Mineral
Report (issue)
fvpplement to MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA For 1955 Through 1957 California Division of Mines Supplement...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA For 1955 through 1957 By JOSEPh t^4Ara^ % University of California, Los Ange...WEBB University of California, Santa (Barbara with INDEX TO MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA ARRANGED BY COUNTIES...ELIZABETH COLLINS California Division of Mines Supplement to Bulletin 173 California Division of Mines... LIBRARY LWIVERSITY OF CAUPORNI/. T~» A T7-TO San Francisco, 1960 OF ^^S^ !^< EDMUND G. BROWN
Report (issue)
M^iajKaMVMtrVMMIMMVW^- 'Vv s > MINERALS Of CALIFORNIA BULl,ETIN N«, 91 issei0 BY rr: ^ ;wIFORNIA...;wIFORNIA STATE Mii^ix^v BtmiiAU FERRY BUILDING - SAN FRANOSCC im^ ibiiiiiiliiii .III— Bb^aa^Aai^^A...FERRY BUILDIN(;. MININC; BUREAU SAN FRANCISCO FLETCHER HAMILTON San Francisco] State Mineralogi8l ...BULLETIN [November, 1922 No. 91 Minerals of California $ BY ARTHUR S. EAKLE, Ph. D. Professor...Mineralogy, University of California COMPLIMENTS OF ^^^foyd Sc, c/iosty GIST CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE
Report (issue)
MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA BULLETIN No STATE ; . .. : DlViSIi BUILDIN 113 COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE...AGRICULTURE DAVIS, CALIFORNIA STATE OF CAUFORNIA DEPABTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director...Mineralogist OIAF GEOLOGIC BFL^NCH Ferry Building, San Francisco San Francisco P. JENKINS Chief Geologist ...MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By ADOLF PABST Associate Professor of Mineralogy University of California BERKELEY...BERKELEY CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H. MOORE. State Printer SACRAMENTO. 51440 1938 TABLE
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Arituzar Mine Calichar Caftuelas Daniel Mine San Marcos Volcanclto Salar Centenario Anatuya Prospect... Ducus IV Dona Emma Salar de Pozuelos Margarita San Mateo Mine Salar de Pucar Salar de Rio Grande Betina...de Olaroz El Condor Grupo San Nicolas Benito l-ll Jama Mina Maria Luisa San Francisco Salar de Llullalllaco...l-ll-ll Occurrences El Porvenir ^ La Inundada Mascota San Pedro Siberia Salar de Incahuasi Salar de Jama Maggie...Victoria Salinas Grandes Prospect San Antonio. San Eduardo San Luis Huincul Prospect Salinas Grandes
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MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA THE GOLDEN BEAR The Golden Bear Nugget of Yankee is NUGGET said to have...found in the mining the nugget Jim, Placer County, California, in 1871 by a small girl in who town kept...are nuggets. The nugget was acquired by the California Federation of Minerologicol Societies insignia...mineral exhibit in in the Cali- San Francisco MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA CENTENNIAL VOLUME by JOSEPH (1866-1966)...Eleanor M. Learned BULLETIN California Division of Ferry Building, San 189 Mines and Geology Francisco
Report (issue)
Minerals of California By ARTHUR S. EAKLE, MARCH, Ph.D. 1914 Issued by California State Mining...Hon Hiram W. Johnson, Governor of the State of California. Sir: I have the honor to transmit Bureau...of herewith Bulletin 67 of the State Mining California. This work was made possible at this date through...Bureau. and Mineralogy of the University of California, with this Eakle has given freely of his time...Minerals Distribution by Counties Bibliography on California Minerals Index to Minerals — 197 204 210 220
Report (volume)
............................................ California................................................mineralogic reports, especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota,...Bulletin, 1912. Eakle, A. S., Minerals of California: California State Min. Bur. Bull. 67, 1914. George...Nashville, Tenn. California____.Mr. William H. Storms, San Francisco. Prof. A. F. Rogers, Stanford University...Palo Alto. Prof. Arthur S. Eakle, University of California,- Berkeley. Colorado_____Prof. R. D. George,
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES GEORGE D. NORDENHOLT, Director DIVISION OF MINES...MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO WALTER Vol. 31 W. BRADLEY State Mineralogist JANUARY, 1935 No...No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY QUARTERLY CHAPTER OF STATE MINERALOGISTS REPORT XXXI...DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA STATE PRINTING OFFICE GEORGE H....19017 SACRAMENTO. 1935 LIBRARY UNIVERSUY Of* CALIFORNIA Davis 1 DIVISION OF MINES EXECUTIVE AND TECHNICAL
Report (volume)
H. Purdue, Nashville, Tenn. California........Mr. William H. Storms, San Francisco. Prof. A. F. Rogers...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson...Jefferson County, at Elyton; Lee County, at Chewacla lime works; St. Clair County, at Gfeensport; Shelby
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES MINERAL COMMODITIES OF CALIFORNIA Bulletin 156...156 1950 DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING. SAN FRANCISCO r^ ^\ n^ p \/ THE PRO FILE COPYy THE...OFFICE LOS ANGELES / PLEASE RETURN STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN. Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL...DIVISION OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO OLAF P. JENKINS. Chiei SAN FRANCISCO BULLETIN 11 AUGUST...AUGUST 156 1950 MINERAL COMMODITIES OF CALIFORNIA GEOLOGIC OCCURRENCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND UTILIZATION
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] \ I ^,_|^_g|g„gy. MMM STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOODWIN I. KNIGHT, Governor DEPARTMENT OF...DIVISION Director OF MINES FERRY BUILDING, SAN FRANCISCO OLAF San Francisco P. 11 JENKINS, Chief BULLETIN...BULLETIN December 173 MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA By JOSEPH MURDOCH University of Caliiomia, Los Angek...ROBERT W. WEBB University of California, Santa Barbara College Goleta, California Price $3.00 LIBRARY UNIVERSITY...Goodwin J. Knight Governor of ihe State of California Dear Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith
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Nereocystis luetkeana, 98 Pelagohycus porra, 99 Soda producing plants, 103 Chemical precipitation of...salts of salt-pans, 123 Marine Salinas, 123 The salt lake of Larnaca, Island of Cyprus, 123 Other examples... 151. CHAPTER VII CYCLIC SALTS 155 Sambhar Lake an example of accumulated cyclic CHAPTER salts...Organic remains of the salt plain, 171 Source of the salt of the Lop plain, 171 The Kavir (Kewir) desert...shrinking salt lake, 180 Salt lakes largely impregnated with connate salts, 183 The Great Salt Lake of Utah
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: Sweetwater Co., Wyoming, USA. 2.647 (100), 3.071 (80), 4.892 (55), 9.77 (45),...13 19.93 Total 100.07 100.00 (1) Owens Lake, California, USA; average of several analyses. (2) Na3 (CO3...thermonatrite, halite, glauberite, thénardite, mirabilite, gypsum (alkali lakes); shortite, northupite...bradleyite, pirssonite (Green River Formation, Wyoming, USA). Distribution: Widespread in arid regions. Historically...crystals at Lake Magadi, Kenya, about which 2 billion tons have formed. Around Lake Chad, Chad. At Lake Katwe
Journal (volume)
STATE OF CALIFORNIA EARL WARREN, Governor DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES WARREN IIANNUM, T. Director...Building, San Francisco OLAF P. JENKINS, JANUARY Vol. 44 Chief 1948 No. CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF... LIBRARY 1 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS 1 ; STATE OF CALIFORNIA Earl Warren, Governor DEPARTMENT...Chief Headquarters Third Floor, Ferry Building, San Francisco 11 District Offices State Building,...of Mines maintains at its headquarters offices in San Francisco a technical library containing several
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MINERALS OF CALIFORNlA 299" 257889 PEMBERTON' HOFE CALIFORNIA MINERALS 2995 SEP 1933 OINCO Digitized by...org/details/mineralsofcalifo00pemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA - MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl Pemberton ~ VAN NOSTRAND...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: centennial volume, 1866-1966...index. 1. Mineralogy - California. 2. Mines and mineral resources - California. I. MUidoch, J oseph, 1890Minerals...1890Minerals of California. 11. Title. QE375.C32P45 549.9794 81-15963 ISBN 0-442-274882 AACR2 Preface
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Iron-Manganese Phosphates of the Williams Pegmatites, Coosa County, Alabama........................64 by Peter B....Forms of the Minerals of Searles Lake, San Bernadino County, California..................................The Kramer Borate Mineral Assemblage, Boron, California................................................lepidolite. T ourm aline Q ueen mine, Pala, San Diego County, California. T he overall size of the specim en...and associated minerals and rocks of Lan­ caster County; geology and mineralogy of the Corn­ wall, Pa.
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^ '“ P r . . . I West Orange SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY 9048 00992838 7 257989 R q549...q549 PEMBERTON, H.E MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA P 2995 IpSl q 49 f 07. 257889 ^ pe B T 5 w! balJ E...org/details/mineralsofcalifoOOpemb MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA MINERALS OF CALIFORNIA H. Earl r i L ] Pemberton ...H. Earl, 1907Minerals of California. An updating of: Minerals of California: 1866-1966 / by Joseph Murdoch...Includes index. 1. Mineralogy -California. 2. Mines and mineral resources- California. I. Murdoch, Joseph, 1890Minerals
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sodium carbonate, which has replaced manufactured soda ash in same as for its predecessor, Geology of...than the Solvay plant is now the main source of soda ash in the US; ilmenite is upgraded to “synthetic...Ireland to the US Gulf Coast, gypsum from Mexico to California, and feldspar from Finland to Malaysia. More...for example, are almost entirely derived from the USA and Tur- key, a situation too narrowly based comfort...profound effect on the sulfur industry. The takeover of soda-ash markets, at least in North America, by the mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
brine development. INTRODUCTION Playas, i.e., dry lake beds or salt pans, are widely distributed landforms...conditions. Minerals in this category include mirabilite, epsomite, bischofite, and the extremely hygroscopic...Boron, California NMNH 137833, Kern County, Californiaa NMNH 96075-3, Inyo County, California NMNH 165227...Boron, California NMNH 102798, Borax Lake, California dehydration of borax at 60øC Boron, California Carbonates...Utah NMNH 105598, Searles Lake, California NMNH 102876-2, Searles Lake, California "Arm and Hammer" commercial
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Three mine pegmatites, Ramona district, San Diego County, California ............................101 by E... B. Spaulding R. A. Mason & R. F. Martin , California locality index ...........................................129 by A. R. Kampf & the Southern California Chapter of the Friends of Mineralogy, Locality...Ramona in e P e g m a t it e s , istrc San Diego D ,California Eugene E. Foord U. S. Geological Survey...Louis B. Spaulding, Jr. P. O. Box 807, Ramona, California 92065 Roger A. M ason Dept, of Earth Sciences
 
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