Mine detail: Subsurface Brines

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Location: Tooele County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.82076, -113.55251
dep_id: 10012249
mrds_id: D007779
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: Block Clays Of The Bonneville Formation
hrock_type: Clay, Mud
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: U.S.G.S. 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 THE BRINES OF THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 116.
  • Deposit:: 1914 DIREXPL GALE U.S.G.S. BULL. 540
  • Deposit:: 1927 DIREXPL NOLAN U.S.G.S. BULL. 795
  • Production:: TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.
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