Solution Mining At Searles Lake, Trona, CA
- Organization:
- Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration
- Pages:
- 3
- File Size:
- 3864 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 2012
Abstract
Searles Lake is an evaporite basin located near the community of Trona in northwestern San Bernardino County, CA. Searles Valley Minerals Operations Inc. (SVM), a subsidiary of Nirma Limited, currently manufactures more than 1.58 Mt/a (1.75 million stpy) of industrial minerals from natural brines produced from several lakebeds within the basin. The chemical manufacturing facilities in Searles Valley represent extremely complex operations involving solution mining and mineral extraction processes.
Citation
APA: (2012) Solution Mining At Searles Lake, Trona, CA
MLA: Solution Mining At Searles Lake, Trona, CA. Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 2012.