Mine detail: Crater Island Nw Brines

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Location: Box Elder County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.14992, -113.88142
dep_id: 10015607
mrds_id: DB01641
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Bromine
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Brine
orebody_fm: TABULAR TO IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Thin Horizontal Zones In Sediments
Reporter: Doelling, Hellmut H.
hrock_unit: Lake Bonneville Formation
hrock_type: Clay, Mud,Silt,Sand and Gravel
tectonic: Basin And Range
References:
  • Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1927
  • Deposit:: NOLAN, T. B., 1927, POTASH BRINES IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT, UTAH: USGS BULL. 795, P. 25 - 41.
  • Deposit:: STEPHENS, J. C., 1974, HYDROLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTH GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT: UDNR, DOWR, TECHNICAL PUBL. 42.
  • Deposit:: DOELLING, H. H., (), GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL.
  • Reserve-Resource:: NOLAN & STEPHENS (1974)
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