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Map Satellite These springs, located within Indian Valley, are exceedingly alkaline, with a pH of 12.7. The sodium, potassium, fluorine and bromine content of the spring water is within ten percent of that of present-day sea water. The youngest rocks in the area are Jurassic or Cretaceous, and it has been suggested that the water may be a sample of only slightly altered sea water of these eras.
The water is reacting with olivine and pyroxene to form serpentine.
Integrity: Virtually undisturbed.
Use: Private
Ref: Barnes, Ivan, John Rapp and James O'Neil, 1972. Metamorphic Assemblages and the Director of Flow of Metamorphic Fluids in Four Instances of Serpentinization. Contr. Mineral, and Petrol. 35, pp. 263-276
February 1977
Inventory of California Natural Areas
Revision © 2008 Steven Louis Hartman
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