. The California desert, majestic, challenging, and very vulnerable. Deserts. Mining of nonmetalic commodities such as talc, feldspar, clay, borates, sand and gravel, and salines (salts), as well as the "rare earth" elements, is an important industry at this time in the CDCA. Exploration for other very important commodities like uranium, lithium, and copper, is also being carried on extensively. It is vitally important that a thorough understanding of the G-E-M resources in the California desert exists in order to have a realistic multiple-use plan. National attention has also turned
. The California desert, majestic, challenging, and very vulnerable. Deserts. Mining of nonmetalic commodities such as talc, feldspar, clay, borates, sand and gravel, and salines (salts), as well as the "rare earth" elements, is an important industry at this time in the CDCA. Exploration for other very important commodities like uranium, lithium, and copper, is also being carried on extensively. It is vitally important that a thorough understanding of the G-E-M resources in the California desert exists in order to have a realistic multiple-use plan. National attention has also turned to the California desert as the emphasis on energy sources grows. Several areas with geothermal potential are known. One is presently being developed and several smaller sites are being studied. It is estimated that by the year 2000, a substantial portion of California's total electricity might be derived from geothermal sources. Several sites proposed for power generation, both thermal and nuclear, are being studied for possible construction over the next decade. Many of these sites are on public lands, and all would involve transmission lines crossing the In addition, because of its climate and open land, the CDCA also has outstanding potential for using solar energy. Several pilot projects are underway, and significant research and developmentfunds have been allocated for this purpose by the Department of Energy. It was mineral resources and mining that first brought this desolate area into national focus. Gold and silver were responsible for drawing thousands of prospectors who extracted these precious metals from isolated mountain ranges and river areas. Today, however, many other minerals are being mined and manyothersare known to exist. It is estimated that by 1980 the mineral production from the CDCA will surpass 300 million dollars Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readabi
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