88 BULLETIN 61, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTUEE. 



Table XXVII; — Composition of alkali samples from deep bore in Searles marsh. 





















Total 



No. 



Ca. 



Mg. 



K. 



Na. 



CI. 



SOj. 



CO3. 



HCO3. 



soluble 

 salts. 





Per cent. 



Per cent. 



Per cent. 



Per cent. 



Per cent. 



Per cent. 



Per cent. 



Per cent. 



Per cent. 



209 



0.094 



0.020 



0.23 



2.54 



3.47 



2.40 



Tr. 



0.32 



9.07 



211 



Tr. 



.010 



.27 



4.81 



5.27 



2.79 



0.12 



.36 



13.63 



212 



Tr. 



.008 



.91 



30.34 



10.73 



46.14 



1.63 



2.64 



91.40 



213 



Tr. 



.084 



.44 



11.23 



6.36 



3.78 



3.74 



6.59 



32.21 



214 



.038 



.221 



.09 



8.43 



2.46 



.37 



5.34 



8.16 



26.09 



215 



Tr. 



.192 



.26 



11.81 



3.96 



1.08 



6.10 



12.10 



35.49 



216 



.038 



.004 



.42 



7.66 



7.15 



6.31 



1.16 



2.32 



23.95 



217 



.043 



.006 



.09 



12.27 



9.37 



3.00 



3.85 



5.05 



33.67 



218 



Tr. 



.009 



.59 



5.28 



5.27 



3.39 



.37 



.85 



15.76 



220 



Tr. 



.045 



.42 



7.94 



7.57 



3.94 



1.09 



1.76 



22.76 



221 



Tr. 



.020 



.43 



7.48 



3.57 



1.84 



3.61 



4.76 



21.71 



222 



Tr. 



.004 



.06 



.64 



.45 



.21 



.16 



.34 



L97 



223 



.108 



.015 



.25 



4.64 



4.60 



3.56 



.15 



.31 



13.64 



224 



Tr. 



.006 



.28 



5.68 



5.82 



3.48 



.27 



.62 



16.06 



225 



.043 



.006 



.20 



2.34 



2.65 



1.43 



.09 



.12 



6.88 



226 



.050 



.010 



.58 



6.70 



6.32 



3.66 



.21 



.40 



16.82 



227 



Tr. 



.008 



.70 



31.23 



11.94 



46.66 



1.63 



1.96 



93.12 



228 



Tr. 



.008 



.48 



6.40 



7.78 



2.74 



.16 



.66 



18.12 



229 



.065 



.012 



.33 



4.23 



4.65 



2.98 



.06 



.25 



12. 48 



Table XXVIIL- 



-Composition of soluble salts in samples from deep bore 



in Searles marsh . 



No. 



Ca. 



Mg. 



K. 



Na. 



CI. 



SO4. 



CO3. 



HCO3. 



209 



Per cent. 

 1.04 

 Tr. 

 Tr. 

 Tr. 

 .15 

 Tr. • 

 .16 

 .13 

 Tr. 

 Tr. 

 Tr. 

 Tr. 

 .72 

 Tr. 

 .62 

 .29 

 Tr. 

 Tr. 

 .52 



Per cent. 

 0.21 

 .07 

 .01 

 .26 

 .88 

 .54- 

 .01 

 .02 

 .06 

 1.97 

 1.12 

 .15 

 .11 

 .04 

 .09 

 .06 

 .01 

 .04 

 .09 



Per cent. 

 2.52 

 1.95 

 1.00 

 1.35 

 . .35 



.72 

 1.74 



.25 

 3.72 

 1.79 

 L97 

 2.85 

 1.83 

 1.71 

 2.87 

 3.44 



.74 

 2.62 

 2.66 



Per cent. Per cent. 

 22. 93 26. 3S 



Per cent. 

 20.64 

 22. 49 

 64.08 

 12.76 

 1.47 

 3.14 

 24.34 

 9.78 

 23.59 

 25.91 

 13.30 

 11.78 

 27.55 

 23.77 

 22.67 

 23.06 

 53.70 

 16.61 

 26.08 



Per cent. 



Tr. 



0.89 



1.77 



11.57 



21.24 



17.19 



4.83 



11.43 



2.31 



4.67 



16.61 



7.74 



1.11 



1.69 



1.31 



1.20 



1.74 



.83 



.48 



Per cent. 

 3.48 



211 



34.00 

 28.17 

 32.64 

 33.63 

 33.20 

 .34.03 

 35.59 

 31.38 

 33.26 

 33.60 

 31.63 

 32.55 

 33.82 

 32.17 

 31.86 

 28.56 

 33.83 

 32.00 



39.76 

 11.70 

 19.74 

 9.80 



11. ir 



29.91 

 27.84 

 33.42 

 33.24 

 16.43 

 22.93 

 33.76 

 37.19 

 38.48 

 37.53 

 12.79 

 42.99 

 36.98 



2.61 



212 



2.88 



213 



20.41 



214 ■ 



32.45 



215 



34.13 



216 



9.68 



217 



15.00 



218 



5.40 



220.. 



7.72 



221 



21.93 



222 



22.91 



223 



2.27 



224 



3.26 



226 



1.77 



226 



2.37 



227 •.... 



2.10 



228 



3.06 



229 



1.98 







Table XXIX.- — Analyses of water and mud from Searles Lake well, Cal. 

 [Samples collected by E. E. Free. Analyses made by A. R. Merz]. 



Description of samples. 



356. .WII, water 20 feet down 



367. E 5, mud frotn 40 feet 



3.5s. E 5, v/ater from bottom. 4S feet 



359. E 4, water from bottom, 70 fwst 



360. E 4, mud from bottom 



361. E 3, water from 42f> feet, artesian. . 



362. E 3, mud from 7.')-80feet 



363. R 2, water from 60 feet 



364. E 2. mud from 98 feet 



365. E 1 , watrr from ! 00 feet 



366. E l.mud 41 feet 



367. E 2, mud and crystals from 70 feet 



Total 

 soluble 

 solids. 



Per cent. 

 42.8 

 36.88 

 29. 9S 

 25. 43 

 35.26 

 29.60 

 19.86 

 36.9 

 64.80 

 25.4 

 49.52 

 60.99 



K2O in 



total 

 soluble 

 solids. 



Per cent. 

 6.08 

 1.41 

 3.04 

 2.06 

 0.60 

 2.88 

 2,18 

 2.52 

 2.29 

 1.35 

 0.46 

 0.516 



E 1. Southwest corner section 14, townihip 26 S., range 43 K. 



E 2. Southwest corner si^'tion 11, township 26 S.,' ran>,'o 43 K. 



E 3. Southwest corner section 10, township 26 S., range 43 E. 



E 4. Slightly north and east of middle of west line section 10, towsnhip 26 S., range 43 E. 



E 5. Slightly north and west of middle of east line, section 17, township 25 S., range 43 E. 



