Mine detail: Tetzlaff Peak Subsurface Brines

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.77742, -113.89918

Resource(N)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1917

Geology

Host rock:Lake Bonneville Formation
Host type:Clay, Mud
Tectonic:Basin And Range

References

MRDSD007809
DEP10012266
Reference{Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B., 1927, POTASH BRINES IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT, UTAH: USGS BULL. 795.}{Deposit:: STEPHENS, J.C., 1974, HYDROGEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTH GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT: UTAH DEPT. OF NAT. RESOURCES, DIVISION OF WATER RIGHTS, TECH PUBL. 4.}{Deposit:: BINGHAM, C.P., 1980, SOLAR PRODUCTION 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 PROD. OF POTASH..., IN GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULL. 116}
ReporterTripp, Bryce T.