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Mt. Shasta 41.41N, 122.14W  
Storries 39.90N, 121.32W  
Navarro 39.15N, 123.54W  
Lake Tahoe (2 Samples) Approximately 39.00N, 120.00W  
Folsom Lake State Recreational Area (2 Samples) 38.73N, 121.14W  
Sacramento River (2 Samples) 38.59N, 121.49W  
Bodega Bay 38.28N, 123.01W  
Point Reyes National Seashore (3 Samples) 38.07N, 122.88W  
Stinson Beach (2 Samples) 37.90N, 122.64W  
Sather Gate, U. C. Berkley 37.87N, 122.26W  
Tennessee Valley Beach 37.86N, 122.53W  
Muir Beach 37.85N, 122.58W  
Yosemite National Park, 37.85N, 119.55W  
Golden Gate Bridge 37.82N, 122.48W  
Alameda 37.76N, 122.27W  
San Francisco 37.72N, 122.50W  
Modesto 37.66N, 120.99W  
Pacifica (2 Samples) 37.61N, 122.50W  
Montara Beach, Montara 37.55N, 122.51W  
Half Moon Bay 37.46N, 122.44W  
Bear Creek, Merced 37.30N, 120.42W  
Boomeria, Bonny Boon 37.04N, 122.14W  
Moss Landing 36.80N, 121.79W  
Highway 190, Mile Marker 31 Approx. 36.80N, 118.20W  
Pacific Grove (2 Samples) 36.62N, 121.92W  
Monterey (3 Samples) 36.62N, 121.90W  
Orange Cove 36.62N, 119.32W  
Lone Pine 36.58N, 118.29W  
Carmel by the Sea (2 Samples) 36.56N, 121.92W  
Sequoia National Park 36.56N, 118.77W  
Point Lobos State Natural Preserve 36.52N, 121.94W  
Keeler 36.49N, 117.87W  
Panamint Springs, Death Valley 36.34N, 117.47W  
Badwater, Death Valley Nat. Park 36.25N, 116.83W  
Pfeiffer State Beach, Big Sur 36.23N, 121.82W  
Ivanpah Solar Generation Field 35.57N, 115.47W  
Nipton 35.47N, 115.27W  
Highway 164 Approximately 35.47N, 114.92W  
Moro Bay 35.37N, 120.87W  
Red Rock Canyon 35.37N, 117.99W  
Pismo Beach (2 Samples) 35.15N, 120.65W  
Temecula 33.50N, 117.12W  
Baker (2 Samples) 35.28N, 116.07W  
Los Osos (2 Samples) 35.26N, 120.86W  
Shell Beach, Pismo Beach 35.15N, 120.65W  
Near Kelso 35.01N, 115.65W  
Boron 35.00N, 117.65W  
Edwards Air Force Base 34.91N, 117.88W  
Mojave Desert Approx. 34.88N, 115.72W  
Hope Ranch Beach, Santa Barbara 34.42N, 119.70W  
Carpinteria 34.40N, 119.52W  
Ventura Beach 34.28N, 119.23W  

Stough Canyon Nature Center, Burbank 34.21N, 118.31W

 
Mandalay Beach, Oxnard (2 Samples) 34.19N, 119.18W  
Gene Autry Museum of the West "Gold" Panning Exhibit 34.18N, 118.33W  
Thornhill Broome Beach Sand Dune (4 SAMPLES) 34.09N, 118.96W  
Santa Monica 34.02N, 118.48W  
Paradise Cove, Malibu (2 Samples) 34.02N, 118.79W  
Santa Cruz Island (3 Samples) 34.02N, 119.77W  
Venice Beach 33.99N, 118.46W  
Playa del Rey, Los Angeles 33.95N, 118.45W  
Santiago Creek, Irvine Regional Park 33.78N, 117.70W  
White Point Park, San Pedro 33.74N, 118.24W  
La Quinta 33.67N, 116.30W  
California/Arizona I-10 Boundary 33.61N, 114.60W  
Balboa Island, Newport Beach, 33.60, 117.89W  
Salton Sea (2 Samples) 33.50N, 115.90W  
Temecula 33.50N, 117.12W  
Murietta Creek, Rancho 33.47N, 117.14W  
Moonstone Beach, Cambria 33.39N, 118.37W  
Santa Catalina Island 33.38N, 118.42W  
Oceanside 33.21N, 117.33W  
Tamarack Beach, Carlsbad 33.15N, 117.35W  
Batiquitos Lagoon, Carlsbad 33.09N, 117.29W  
Solana Beach (2 Samples) 33.00N, 117.26W  
Crestwood Summit 32.93N, 116.60W  
Torrey Pines State Beach, San Diego (4 Samples) 32.90N, 117.24W  
La Jolla (2 Samples) 32.84N, 117.28W  
Lava Field, Interstate 8 Rest Stop, Pine Valley 32.83N, 116.53W  
San Clemente Island, Channel Islands 32.80N, 118.50W  
San Diego Area (6 Samples) 32.75N, 117.25W  

Ocotillo (2 Samples) 32.74N, 116.00W

 
Calexico 32.68N, 115.50W  
Jacumba (3 Samples) 32.62N, 116.19W  
Imperial Sand Dunes 31.85N, 114.95W  
     
     

 

 

     
     
     
     
     
     

 

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