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Analysis of water from House Spring, California Hot Springs, Tulare County, Cat.
[Analyst and authority, Curtis and Tompkins (1911). Constituents are in parts per million.]
Temperature........................................................................ 51° C. (124° F.).
Properties of reaction:
Primary salinity................................................................ 27
Secondary salinity.............................................................. 0
Tertiary salinity................................................................ 0
Primary alkalinity... v-......................................................... 68
Secondary alkalinity............................................................ 5
Tertiary alkalinity............................................................. 63
Constituent E? Reacting
(,onstituems. weight, values.
Sodium (Na)........................................................................ 60 2.61
Potassium (K)...................................................................... .92 .02
Lithium (Li)........................................................................ .36 .05
Ammonium (Nik).................................................................. .005 .00
Barium (Ba) and strontium (Sr).................................................... 0 .00
Calcium (Ca)....................................................................... 1.7 .08
Magnesium (Mg).................................................................... .19 .02
Iron (Fe)........................................................................... \ 77 -,
Aluminum(Al)... .................................................................. f * 77 " *
Manganese (Mn).................................................................... 0 .00
Sulphate (SO4)..-.................................................................. 5.5 .12
Nitrate (NOs)....................................................................... .51 .00
Chloride (Cl)........................................................................ 27 .75
Bromide (Br) and iodide (I)........................................................ Trace. Trace.
Carbonate (COs)................................................................-.... 55 1.82
Metaborate(BOj)................................................................... S.6 .08
Arsenate (As04).................................................................... 1.7 .04
Phosphate (POO.................................................................... Trace. Trace.
Silica (SiO2)........................................................................ 54 1.78
211.055 ..........
Carbon dioxide (CO2)............................................................... 0 .00
Hydrogen sulphide (HjS)........................................................... 0 .00
The analytical data show that the water is soft, only slightly min-
eralized, and primary alkaline in character. Tertiary alkalinity and
primary salinity are noteworthy properties. The proportion of arsen-
ate radicle is an unusual feature and should be taken into account in
using this water.

HOT SPRINGS NEAR KERNVILLE (KERN 11).
The hot waters that rise at a number of places along Kern River
suggest that the lower course of the river, as well as its upper portion,
which is so mapped (see PI. Ill, in pocket), may follow a fault zone.
About 2 miles northeast of Kernville, at the base of steep slopes
on the eastern side of the river valley, warm water seeps out at
several places, but the main point of issuance is in a small marshy
area in an open cove on the valley side. A small frame bathhouse
has been erected here and is used locally. The temperature of the
water is about 103°, its flow is small, and it does not taste distinctly
mineralized. The rock at this locality is a coarse-textured granitic
gneiss whose planes of schistosity dip steeply eastward and strike
parallel with the valley side.