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Gaylussite from
Owens Lake, Olancha, Owens Valley, Inyo County, California, USA


Locality type:Lake
Classification
Species:Gaylussite
Formula:Na2Ca(CO3)2 · 5H2O
Comments:Occurs in lake bed deposits.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Gaylussite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Owens Lake, Olancha, Owens Valley, Inyo County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:644226
Long-form Identifier:1:3:644226:2
GUID (UUID V4):bf04f4f3-7b18-4816-8721-3f0177a44f2b
Nearest other occurrences of Gaylussite
73.2km (45.5 miles) China Lake Mine (China Lake deposit), China Lake, China Lake [town], Kern County, California, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
solution and crystallization processes in Owens Lake, California, 1969-1971 GEORGE I. SMITH,’ IRVING FRIEDMAN’...the 1969-70 flooding of normally dry Owens Lake, a 2.4-m-deep lake formed and 20%of the 2-m-thick salt...this depositional process. Deuterium analyses of lake brine, interstitial brine, and hydrated saline phases...Salts first crystallized as floating rafts on the lake surface. Natron and mirabilite, salts whose solubilities...crystallization (at the surface) and accumulation (on the lake floor) because short-term temperature changes were
Report (issue)
of Late Cenozoic Sedimentation in Searles Valley, California GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER ...of Late Cenozoic Sedimentation in Searles Valley, California By GEORGE I. SMITH, VIRGIL J. BARCZAK, GAIL...The basin sedimentation history of Searles (dry) Lake from Miocene or early Pliocene time to the present...of late Cenozoic sedimentation in Searles Valley, California. (Geological Survey professional paper 1256)...Cenozoic. 3. Geology California Searles Valley. 4. Borings California Searles Valley. I. Smith, George Irving
Report (issue)
Geochemistry of Late Quaternary Evaporites, Searles Lake, California By GEORGE I. SMITH With a section on RADIOCARBON...deposited by closed-basin lakes that occupied Searles Valley during late Quaternary time UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT...geochemistry of late Quaternary evaporites, Searles Lake, California. (Geological Survey Professional Paper 1043)...Evaporites-California-Searles Lake. 2. Geology, Stratigraphic-Quaternary. 3. Geochemistry-California-Searles...es Lake. 4. Geology-California-Searles Lake. I. Title. II. Series: United States. Geological Survey.
Report (issue)
SALINES IN THE OWENS, SEARLES, AND PANAMINT BASINS, SOUTHEASTERN CALIFORNIA. By HOYT S. GALE. INTRODUCTION...salt-incrusted valley floor commonly known as Searles Lake, in southeastern California, has lately come...features of the lake history and the deposition of the salines through the drying up of the lake waters are...were laid down. Waters that formerly filled Owens Valley until they overflowed, flooding successively...region of southeastern California. These flood waters passed from Owens Valley, the principal source of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
6 July 2013 Editor: B. Jones Keywords: Trona Gaylussite Pirssonite Nahcolite Shortite Bradleyite a b...diagenetically from displacive gaylussite. Trona precipitated subaqueously (in lake waters) and as interstitial...proposed sedimentary model involves an alkaline lake in which water depth fluctuated from deep, perennial...(stratified) stages to shallow, ephemeral, playa lake stages. Lake margin clastic deposits are absent in the...concentrations of extreme organisms. In these settings, lake waters 2− are characterized by relative enrichment
Report (issue)
Powder Pattern: John Hay, Jr. Well No. 1, Wyoming, USA. 2.506 (100), 2.654 (90), 2.565 (80), 5.133 (71)...14.88 Total 100.45 100.00 (1) Searles Lake, California, USA; average of two analyses. (2) Na2 Ca(CO3...• 2H2 O. Occurrence: A rare component of saline lake-bed sediments; in a differentiated alkalic massif...trona, gaylussite (Borax Lake, California, USA); shortite, bradleyite, northupite, gaylussite, trona...Well No. 1, Wyoming, USA). Distribution: In the USA, in California, from Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Departmenl oJ Geologyand Geophysics,Llniversity of California, Berheley. Asstnlcl Phillipsite has formecl from...saturated and undersaturated with respect to gaylussite and trona. It has also formed from volcanic glass...conditions rather ciosely paralleling the saline lake environment. Dominance of phillipsite over clinoptilolite...Occunnnxcn oF PHTLLTPSTTE Lake Deposi,tswith Sali,neMinerals. (7) SeorlesLake, California Authigenic phillipsite...the Mixed Layer consistslargely of pirssonite,gaylussite,trona and halite. Glasshas been entirellr altered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
proxies for paleo-salinity in lake sediments from the Mono Basin, CA (USA) Rahul Sahajpal a, Susan R.H...geochemical proxies of salinity in lake sediments in the Mono Basin, California. All the elements in the acid...paleo-lake level estimates based on physical and stratigraphic evidence. The CaCO3 content of lake sediments...reliable proxy for lake level changes in the Mono basin and the adjoining Owens Lake basin, corresponds...paleo-hydrology. Mono Lake is one of many Great Basin lakes that experienced significant lake level fluctuations
Report (issue)
Minerals In Tuffs of Pleistocene Lake Tecopa, Inyo County California GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL...Minerals In Tuffs of Pleistocene Lake Tecopa, Inyo County California By RICHARD A. SHEPPARD and ARTHUR...rhyolitic vitric tuffs that were deposited in a saline lake UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON..._________________________________ _ Name of the lake ______________________________ _ , Scope of investigation... _ Age of the lake deposits ____________________________ _ Structural features of Lake Tecopa ___________________
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SEDIMENTS OF OWENS, CHINA, SEARLES. PANAMINT, BRISTOL, CADIZ, AND DANBY LAKE BASINS, CALIFORNIA JOHN B DROSTE...SEDIMENTS OF OWENS, CHINA, SEARLES. PANAMINT, BRISTOL, CADIZ, AND DANBY LAKE BASINS, CALIFORNIA Abstract:...suite is used to correlate basin-fill materials in Owens, China, and Searles lakes and in Bristol and Cadiz...large groups of intermontane basins in southern California as part of a project to study various aspects...continental sediments. Owens Lake, China Lake, Searles Lake, and two playas in Panamint Valley are considered
Report (issue)
Lacustrine History of Searles Valley, Inyo and San Bernardino Counties, California Professional Paper 1727...Lacustrine History of Searles Valley, Inyo and San Bernardino Counties, California By George I. Smith Detailed...Detailed geologic maps of Searles Valley document a late Cenozoic, primarily Quaternary, sedimentation history...the 150-2 ka Searles Lake Formation, described and named herein. The Searles Lake Formation is divided...from drill cores in now-dry Searles Lake, in the center of the valley. Together, these surface and subsurface
Report (volume)
Investigations in the Mojave Desert and Adjacent Region California GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1045 This bulletin...investigations in the Mojave Desert and adjacent, region, California. Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., I960......Bibliographies included. 1. Geology California Mojave Desert. 2. Borings California ... Mojave Desert. 3. Mojave...Mojave Desert, California. (Series) CONTENTS [The letters in parentheses preceding the titles designate...Page (A) Core logs from Owens, China, Searles, and Panamint basins, California, by George I. Smith and
Report (issue)
¯ = 116:39± X-ray Powder Pattern: Agoura, California, USA. 8.92 (100), 2.974 (80), 3.897 (57), 3.964...67] Total [100.00] [100.00] (1) Agoura, California, USA; H2 O by di®erence, corresponds to (Na1:22...Si15:01 O36 ² 11:6H2 O: (2) Richardson Ranch, Oregon, USA; by electron microprobe, after removal of 0.46% FeO...halite, gaylussite, celadonite, quartz, \opal," calcite. Distribution: Abundant in the western USA, as in...Hoodoo, Park Co.; in California, from near Agoura, Los Angeles Co., at Owens Lake, Inyo Co., and 10 km west
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
isotope chemistry of gaylussite and nahcolite from the deposits of the crater lake at Malha, northern Sudan...April 1997; accepted 21 November 1997 Abstract Gaylussite ŽNa 2 CO 3 P CaCO 3 P 5H 2 O. and nahcolite ŽNaHCO...ŽNaHCO 3 . in deposits of the crater lake at Malha are predictably characterized by a strong 18 O enrichment...yield high d 13 C values, which, in the case of gaylussite, are covariant with the d 18 O values. The fact...pertains both to the synsedimentary and pedogenic gaylussite deposits of the Malha basin demonstrates that
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(NaHCO3 · Na2CO3 · 2H 2O), nahcolite (NaHCO3), gaylussite (Na2CO3 · CaCO 3 · 5H 2O), thermonatrite (Na2CO3...Searles Lake of Pleistocene age in California in the U.S.A. (Eugster & Smith 1965) and Lake Magadi of...such as thermonatrite, nahcolite, pirrsonite, gaylussite, shortite, had been occurred within the same...0.18 – 0.3 0.26 rite + natron + pirrsonite + gaylussite paragenesis were determined by the detailed mineralogical...Hungary, Egypt and perhaps in Owens Lake, California and Alkali Valley, Oregon. Of course, the most important
Report (chapter)
Pennsylvania on June 30, 2015 Lake Magadi, Kenya: a model for rift valley hydrochemistry and sedimentation...sedimentation? H.P. Eugster SUMMARY: Previous studies on Lake Magadi, Kenya, and the Green River Formation of...settings, to determine whether Lake Magadi can serve as a reference for rift valley environments and to define...diagnostic criteria for recognizing saline alkaline lake deposits in the geologic column. Magadi inflow waters...transported during flood events. In contrast, Eocene Lake Gosiute and its mudflats had more gentle gradients
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Wilkins Peak Member, Green River Basin, Wyoming, USA Elliot A. Jagniecki a,⇑, David M. Jenkins a,1, Tim...NY 13902, USA b Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA Received 2...Green River Formation, Green River Basin, Wyoming, USA (>78 million tons/km2), where it occurs as diagenetic...carbonate mineral found in ancient alkaline saline lake deposits. It was discov⇑ Corresponding author. Tel...identified the hydrated Na–Ca–carbonate minerals gaylussite (Na2Ca(CO3)25H2O) and pirssonite (Na2Ca(CO3)22H2O)
Report (volume)
........ The Grand Gulch mining region, Mohave County, Ariz., by J. M. Hill (published June 12; 1914).... ........... Some cerusite deposits in Custer County, Colo., by J. F. Hunter (published May 5, 1914)...SALINES: Salines in the Owens, Searles, and Panamint basins, southeastern California, byH. S. Gale (published...map showing the general position of the Owens-SearlesPanamint Lake system, Cal............................Map of Owens Lake, Cal., showing contours of lake bottom.-........ VII. Map of the former Owens, Searles
Report (issue)
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
organic matter. The Green River Formation in the USA is typical of this sort of association [1]. In recent...sulfates. Sulfate reduction is also widespread in lake waters. Its role in freshwater lakes has long been...deteriorates. A valuable example is provided by Lake Balkhash: the lake water is a sodium sulfate type, while the...part of the lake are 8.7, 17.8, and 17.8 respectively, and in the eastern part of the lake is more highly...Hi) to 0.74 g/L. These figures suggest that the lake waters is enriched in sulfates and depleted in Ca
Report (issue)
Hydrology and Mineralogy of Deep Springs Lake Inyo County, California GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER...Hydrology and Mineralogy of Deep Springs Lake Inyo County, California By BLAIR F. JONES CLOSED-BASIN GEOLOGICAL..._________________________ _ Bedrock geology of the Deep Springs Valley ______ _ Quaternary geology_--·----- ____________________..._____________________ _ Hydrography of the Deep Springs Valley __________ _ Streams and drainage of the mountain...north of Deep Springs Lake ______________ _ Springs east of Deep Springs Lake _______________ _ Sag ponds
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and age of carbonates deposited in the Pyramid Lake area. Joseph Liddicoat of Columbia University, Andrei...from the Northwestern Basin and Range Province, California and Oregon hy David P. Adanl ..................History at Bishop Creek, Eastern Sierra Nevada, California by Andrew Bach, Ronald Dom, Tanzhuo Liu, F.M...Waters of OL-92, a 323-meter Drill Hole from Owens Lake, California, and their Probable Climatic Significance...Uranium-Series Dating of Sediments from Walker and Pyramid Lake Basins, Nevada by Charles A. Bush, Larry V. Benson
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
I N SEARLES LAKE, CALIFORNIA R . L . HAY and R . J . MOIOLA University of California, Berkeley, Cali$...Pleistocene and Recent sediments of Searles Lake, California. Authigenic K-feldspar was identified in 37...312-332 AUTHIGENIC SILICATE MINERALS IN SEARLES LAKE 313 INTRODUCTION Scope andpurpose This paper...alkaline, highly saline environment of Searles Lake, California, at essentially atmospheric temperatures and...and Recent sediments in the vicinity of Searles Lake also were collected to aid in determining the source
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Core OL-92 from Owens Lake, southeast California George I. Smith and James L. Bischoff...Bischoff Editors U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California Open-File Report 93-683 This report is preliminary...9A50-35207 iilLh. core OL-92 from Owens Lake, southeast California AUTHOR: CONTENTS: George I. Smith...Berry St. Suite 3600, San Francisco CA 9^107-1723 California Div. Mines and Geology. Siaie Office Bidg.. 107...Area: OFR No.: CALIFORNIA 93 " 683______ Core OL-92 from Owens Lake, southeast California [U. S. Geological
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near the Stifle claim, Georgetown, El Dorado County, California ....................................... 713...$324/three years, (Canada) $186/one year, (outside USA other than Canada) $265 for one year Subscription...epimorph after a cerussite twin from Death Valley, California, and one of the best despujolsite crystals...from New York to Bancroft, Ontario and Southern California. A few years ago Chris acquired over 50 historical...“Mimetite Epimorphs after Cerussite, Death Valley, California” (2016), “The Life and Collection of Eberhardt
 
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