Mine detail: Badger Island Brine

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Location: Tooele County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.9691, -112.51721
dep_id: 10012211
mrds_id: D007689
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Bromine
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
orebody_fm: LAKE
conc_proc: Evaporation
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
tectonic: Basin And Range
Year first produced: 1825
disc_yr: 1825
discr: Jim Bridger
References:
  • Deposit:: GWYNN, J.W., 1980, THE GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 11
  • Production:: GWYNN, J.W. (ED.), 1980, THE GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 116.
  • Reserve-Resource:: GWYNN, J.W., (ED.), 1980, THE GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 116.
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