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192 SPRINGS OP CALIPOBNIA.

the Geyser Spring, or Omar-Ach-Hah-Bee, the Great Spring, and in
July, 1910, it had a temperature of 87°. Its flow was not measurable
but is probably several hundred gallons a minute, and much water
also rises at other points near by. A dressing room has been built
on the lake over this spring, which rises in a pit in an 'inclosure, and
the place is used for bathing. The analysis shows the water to be
distinctly ferruginous in character a fact that is also evidenced by
the iron stains on the adjacent rocks. It is a secondary-alkaline water
with notable primary alkalinity.
' Dr. Winslow Anderson* mentions a hot borate spring near the shore
of Clear Lake, which in July, 1888, had a temperature of 124° and
yielded 300 gallons a minute. The description given apparently
refers to the Geyser Spring, but the difference in temperature is rather
large, and the analyses he quotes vary so widely from the analyses
made in 1910 that it seems probable that different springs were
sampled. The Hot Borate Spring of Anderson is a primary alkaline
water of high concentration with notable primary salinity. The
prominence of ammonium and metaborate radicles is noteworthy.
The analyses of both springs are reproduced herewith.
Analyses of water from Soda Say Springs, Lake County, Cal.
[Constituents are in parts per million.]
1 2 3 4
31° C. (87° F.) 32° C. (88° F.) 51° C. (124° F.)
Properties of reaction:
9 9 26 27
0 0 0 0
Tertiary salinity ................. 0 0 0 0
Primary alkalinity. . ............. 20 17 74 73
71 74 Trace. Trace.
Tertiary alkalinity. .............. (?) 250 29 36
React- React- React- React-
By By By By
Constituents. ing ing ing ing
weight. weight. weight. weight.
values. values. values. values.
115 5.00 104 4.52 1.722 74.84 1,547 67.26
Potassium (K). ...................... 9.5 .24 12 .32 29 .74 Trace. Trace.
.5 .08
4.8 .27 2.6 .14 376 20.83 42i 23.36
.0 .00
85 4.24 92 4.60 'Trace. Trace. Trace. Trace.
113 9.30 118 9.72 2.1 .17 .1 .01
Iron (Fe)................. ............ f 6.1 !22
Aluminum ( Al). ..................... } 23 .82 I -8 .08 19 2.05 11 1.27
1.0 .03
Sulphate (SO*). ..................... Trace. Trace. .2 Trace. .Trace. Trace. Trace. Trace,
Nitrate (NO3) and nitrite (NO2)...... Q .00
Chloride (Cl). ...................... 60 1.70 60 1.68 897 25.30 879 24. 80
Bromide (Br). ....................... .0 .00 Trace. Trace. Trace. Trace,.
Iodide (I). ........................... Trace. Trace. 1.6 .01 1.4 .01
Carbonate (CO3)..................... 480 16.00 529 17.64 1.112 37.07 1,171 39.02
Metaborate (BO2). ................. Present. Present. 1.6 .04 1,471 34.20 1,152 26. 80
Trace. Trace.
Phosphate (PO4) .................. Trace. Trace. Trace. Trace.
Silica (SiO2)......................... 132 4.38 142 4.70 136 4.52 141 4.67
1,022.3 1,069.8 5, 765. 7 5,323.5

Carbon dioxide (CCM ................ 963 43.77 527 23.96 622 28.28
1. Geyser Spring. Analyst and authority, F. M. Eaton (1910).
2. Geyser Spring. Analyst and authority, Curtis and Tompkins (1910).
3. Hot Borate Spring. Analyst and authority, Winslow Anderson (1888).
4. Hot Borate Spring. Analyst, Moore; authority, Winslow Anderson.
1 Mineral springs and health resorts of California, p. 176.