Mine detail: Subsurface Brines

Location:	Tooele County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long:	40.96686, -113.92419
dep_id:	10012236
mrds_id:	D007747
Commodity type:	nonmetallic
Trace mineral:	Bromine
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	No production occurred
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Carnallite, Halite, Sylvite
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
conc_proc:	Evaporation
Reporter:	Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit:	Lake Bonneville Formation
hrock_type:	Lake Sediments
tectonic:	Basin And Range
disc_yr:	1914
discr:	H.S. Gale
References:	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.