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CARBONATED SPRINGS. 245
moderate amount of solids in solution, being essentially primary and
secondary alkaline in character:
Analysis of water from carbonated spring near North Fork of Kern River, Tulare
County, Cal.
[Analyst, Oscar Loew (1876). Authority, Wheeler report. Constituents are in parts per million.]
11° 0. (52° F.)
Properties of reaction:
10
0
0
50
40
32
By Reacting
Constituents.
weight. values.
Sodium (Na)....................................................................... 109 4.76
Calcium (Ca). ....................................................................... 64 3.20
Iron(Fe)........................................................................... 4.5 .16
Sulphate (SO*) ..................................................................... Trace.
Chloride (Cl)... ..................................................................... 28 .80
Carbonate (CO3) -...--.-......-..----......--.... ................................... 220 7.32
Silica (SiO2)...... .................................................................. 73 2.42
498.5
..........

The rock of the valley sides is mainly granitic, the spring probably
rising from the granitic bedrock that underlies the stream gravel and
meadow alluvium. A mile northeastward, along Golden Trout Creek,
are cliffs of lava, and 2-J miles in a direct line northeastward, at
Natural Bridge, there is a large deposit of lime carbonate which has
been referred to in the description of Jordan Hot Springs (Tulare 7,
p. 53). It may be that the carbonated water of the present isolated
spring in the valley bears some relation to the former carbonated
springs at Natural Bridge, 1,600 feet higher, but the relation is not
apparent. A fault that is considered to extend along this part of
the course of Kern River may, however, have determined the point
at which the carbonated water now issues.

CARBONATED SPRING IN TIPPER PTJNSTON MEADOW (TTTLARE 1).
In Upper Funston Meadow, about 13 miles by trail northward
from Kern Lake, on a plateau lying between two branches of Kern
River, a small spring furnishes cool, moderately carbonated water,
and seems to be similar in character to the one near Kern Lake.
It is known to campers and cattlemen in the region.
CARBONATED SPRING NEAR QTJINN HORSECAMP (TTTLARE 2).
Quinn Horsecamp is about 9 miles in a direct line west of Kern
Lake but 16 miles by trail over Coyote Pass. Near Soda Creek,
which heads near the camp, there is a carbonated spring of consid-
erable flow that is known to travelers over the trails in this region.