Mine detail: Bonneville Racetrack Subsurface Brines

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Location: Tooele County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.80798, -113.79752
dep_id: 10012237
mrds_id: D007750
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Bromine
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Carnallite, Halite, Sylvite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
conc_proc: Evaporation
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Lake Bonneville Formation
hrock_type: Clay, Mud
tectonic: Basin And Range
Year first produced: 1917
disc_yr: 1914
discr: H.S. Gale
References:
  • Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B., 1927. POTASH BRINES IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT, UT.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 795.
  • Deposit:: STEPHENS, J.C., 1974. HYDROGEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTH GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT: UTAH DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIV. OF WATER RIGHTS, TECH. PUBL. 4.
  • Deposit:: BINGHAM, C.P., 1980. SOLAR PROD. OF POTASH FROM THE BRINES OF THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURV. BULL. 116.
  • Deposit:: 1914 DIREXPL GALE, H.S. BULL 540
  • Deposit:: 1927 DIREXPL NOLAN, F.B. BULL. 795
  • Production:: BINGHAM, C.P., 1980. SOLAR PRODUCTION OF POTASH..., IN GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULL. 116
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