BULLETIN 61, U. S. DEPAETMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



Basin. 



Bonneville. 



Steptoe 



Ruby 



Butte Valley 



Murray 



WTiiteVaUey.... 



Rush Valley 



Sevier 



Christmas Lake . 

 Silver Lake 



Chewaucan 



Summer Lake. 



Alkali Lake. 



Warner 



Harney 



Catlow 



Guano 



Surprise 



Long Valley. 



Duck Flat. . . 



Alvord 



White Horse 



Thousand Creek. 



Madeline 



Goose Lake 



Klamath Lakes. 



Dixie Valley 



Fairview 



Edward's Creek. 

 Gabbs Valley.... 

 Acme 



Luning. 



Mina... 

 Rhodes 



Garfield 



Teels 



Hun toon 



Monte Cristo . 

 Columbus 



Clayton . . . . 

 Big Smoky . 



Smiths Creek. 

 Kingston 



Goldfleld 



Diamond Valley. 

 Railroad Valley. . 



Kawich 



Description. 



Once tributary to 

 Columbia River. 



Part of Bonneville. . 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



Probably landlocked 



Part of Christmas 

 Lake Basin. 



Landlocked 



(Abert Lake). 



Part of Chewaucan 

 Basin. 



Landlocked 



do 



Tributary to Colum- 

 bia River. 



Probably tributary 

 to Hamey. 



Probably tributary 

 to Catlow. 



Landlocked (maxi- 

 mum area). 



Probably tributary 

 to Surprise. 



Tributary to Sur- 

 prise. 



Probably landlocked 



Tributary to Alvord 



do 



Probably landlocked 



Tributary to Pitt 

 River. 



Tributary to Kla- 

 math River. 



Landlocked 



Part of Dixie 



do 



Landlocked 



Probablv tributary 

 to Walker. 



Probably tributary 

 to Rhodes. 



do 



Probably landlocked 

 (maximum area). 



Probably landlocked 



Landlocked 



do 



Doubtful 



Landlocked (includ- 

 ing Big Smoky). 



Landlocked 



Probably tributary 

 to Columbus. 



Probably tributary 

 to Big Smoky. 



Tributary to Big 

 Smoky. 



Probably landlocked 



do 



Landlocked (maxi- 

 mum area). 



Probablv tributary 

 to Railroad. 



Area. 



Square 

 miles. 

 57, 960 



6,590 



1,200 



740 



720 



920 



700 



16, 375 



2,750 



750 



1,500 



560 



400 

 2,000 



-2, 000 

 1,000 

 2,350 



775 

 610 



3,200 

 300 



1,300 

 900 



2,660 

 285 

 400 



1,280 

 130 



175 



65 

 540 



90 



320 



115 



300 



5,225 



550 

 3,875 



550 



1, 190 



330 



930 



6,340 



370 



Basin. 



Penoyer... 



Gold Flat. 

 Emigrant., 



Yucca 



Frenchman Flat. 

 Indian Spring 



Pint Water.... 

 Lee Canyon . . . 

 Sheep Range . . 

 Spring Valley. 

 Gannett 



Opal Mountain. 



Mono 



Aurora 



Owens 



Searles . 



Panamint. 



Saline Valley 



Eureka Valley 



Deep Springs 



Kane 



Willard 



Granite Mountains 



Owl 



Death Valley 



Stonewall Flat. . . 

 Sarcobatus Flat . . 

 Pahrump VaUey. 



Mesquite Valley . 

 Soda Lake 



Rodriguez Lake. 

 Harper Lake . . . . 



Coyote Lake 



Cronese Lake 



Langford Lake . . 



Ivanpah 



Bristol Lake 



Cadiz Lake. 



Danby Lake. 



Mesquite Lake . 

 Dale Lake 



Description. 



Probably tributary 

 to RaUroad. 



Probably landlocked 



Probably landlocked 

 (maximum area). 



Probably tributary 

 to Frenchman 

 Flat. 



Probably landlocked 



Tributary to Colo- 

 rado River. 



do 



....do 



Probably landlocked 



Doubtful 



Tributary to Colo- 

 rado River. 



Probably landlocked 



Landlocked 



Part of Mono 



Once tributary to 

 Searles. 



Almost always land- 

 locked (maximum 

 area). 



Landlocked (area 

 does not include 

 Searles or Owens). 



Landlocked 



Probably landlocked 



Landlocked 



Probably landlocked 



do 



do 



do 



Landlocked (includ- 

 ing Mojave and 

 Amargosa). 



Part of Amargosa 

 drainage. 



do 



do 



Tributary to Amar- 

 gosa (maximum 

 area). 



Probably tributary 

 to the Amargosa. 



Part of Mojave 



.do 

 .do 

 .do. 

 .do 



do 



Landlocked 



Probably tributary 

 to Colorado River. 

 Tributary either to 

 Danby Lake or to 

 the Colorado 

 River. 

 Probably tributary 

 to Colorado River 

 (maximum area). 

 Tributary to Colo- 

 rado River. 

 do 



The areas given m this table are understood to be approximate. For a description 

 of the basins given the reader is referred to the bulletin already cited. 



Recent interest in the development of the potash resources of the United States 

 has directed considerable attention to the possibilities of the Great Basin as a source 

 of this compound. The Bureau of Soils and the United States Geological Survey have 

 maintained investigators in this region for some time. Under the direction of the 

 United States Geological Survey a bore has been sunk in the Carson Sink area to a 

 depth of 985 feet. Many of the smaller basins have also been explored by shallow 

 Lores. Through the Bureau of Soils a study of the general conditions in these basins, 



