a sizable dip-slip fault. Researchers showed that the most recent fault scarp had an average displacement of along a section of the fault. With an estimated rupture area of 345 km2, the event was calculated to have a moment magnitude of 7.0 and was estimated to have occurred about 1,800 years ago. The fault is still active, but studies suggest that it slips about every 4000 years. Deep Springs Lake is at . At 4905 elevation, the lake is intermittently filled and actively precipitating dolomite, understood to rarely occur in such conditions. Population It is the home of Deep Springs College, a nontraditional two-year liberal arts institution with about 26 students. There are also ruins of an early small mining establishment, White Mountain City, in the northwest corner of the valley. See also Eureka Valley, Inyo County Eureka Valley Sand Dunes Swallenia Oenothera californica Category: Flora of the California desert regions References External links – populated place () Valleys of the Mojave Desert Valleys of Inyo County, California Saline lakes of the United States Salt flats of California Inyo Mountains White Mountains (California) Valleys of California