Salton Sea
Imperial County, California, USA
A shallow saline lake lying on the San Andreas fault.
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The lake began to shrink in the 90s as agriculture used more and more water, and this led to toxic dust and air quality problems – a more complex issue than I would be able to describe here, but the Wikipedia page linked below has a good writeup.
Mindat lists 55 minerals from the site, one of which it is the type locality for – saltonseaite. The most common mineral is likely to be halite, of course.
Further reading
If you are interested in other classic American locales we may have stock from the following locales.
American locales
Arizona
- Morenci Mine, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA
- Ray Mine, Scott Mountain, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
- Southwest Mine, Hendricks Gulch, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
- Total Wreck Mine, Cienega Creek, The Narrows, Empire Mining District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
- Crestmore quarries, Crestmore, Jurupa Valley, Riverside County, California, USA
- Monterey formation, San Luis Obispo County, California, USA
- New Melones Dam, West Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
- Salton Sea, Imperial County, California, USA
- Green River Formation (spanning areas of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming.)
- Lake George, Park County, Colorado, USA
- Stoneham, Weld County, Colorado, USA
- Joplin Field, Jasper County, Missouri, USA
- Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA
- Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
- Lime Crest Quarry, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
- Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
- Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
- Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
- Copper Flat, Hillsboro Mining District, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA
- Kelly Mine, Magdelena, New Mexico, USA
- Obsidian Ridge, Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA
- Anacondas Yerington open pit, Yerington, Yerington Mining District, Singatse Range, Lyon County, Nevada, USA
- Driscoll Mine, Battle Mountain Mining District, Lander County, Nevada, USA
- Hat lease, Goldfield Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
- Krum Hills, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
- Liberty Mine, Reveille Mining District, Reveille Range, Nye County, Nevada, USA
- Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
- Virgin Valley, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
- Cedar Hill Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Dyer Quarry, Gibraltar, Birdsboro, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Pottsville Formation, St. Clair, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA
- Iron Mountain, Pinto Iron Mining District, Iron Springs Mining District, Iron County, Utah, USA
- Mammoth Mine, Mammoth, Tintic Mining District, East Tintic Mountains, Utah, USA
- Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, USA
For the rest of our American stock, see below.
United States of America
Fossils from the USA - Meteorites from the USA - Minerals from the USA