Mine detail: Subsurface Brines

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.96686, -113.92419

Resource(N)

Tertiary: Bromine
Ore: Carnallite, Halite, Sylvite
Orebody form: TABULAR
Discovery year: 1914

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Lake Bonneville Formation
Host type:Lake Sediments
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSD007747
DEP10012236
Reference{Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B., 1927, POTASH BRINES IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT, UTAH: USGS BULL. 795, P. 25-44.}{Deposit:: STEPHENS, J.C., 1974, HYDROGEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTH GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT: UTAH DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF WATER RIGHTS, TECH. PUBL. 4.}{Deposit:: BINGHAM, C.P., 1980. SOLAR PROD. OF POTASH FROM BRINES OF THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 116.}{Deposit:: 1914 DIREXPL GALE, H.S. BULL. 540}{Deposit:: 1927 DIREXPL NOLAN, F.B. BULL. 795}{Production:: TRIPP, B.T., 1980. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.}
ReporterTripp, Bryce T.