Mine detail: Crater Island Brine

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Location: Box Elder County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.07825, -113.82142
dep_id: 10015610
mrds_id: DB01645
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Trace 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 BULLETIN 795 , P. 25 - 44 .
  • Deposit:: STEPHENS, J. C., 1974 , HYDROLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTH GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT: UTAH DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIV. OF WATER RIGHTS, TECH. PUBL. 42 .
  • Deposit:: DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.
  • Deposit:: 1927 RECON NOLAN, BULL. 79
  • Reserve-Resource:: NOLAN, T. B., 1927 , USGS BULL. 795 . STEPHENS, J. C., 1974 , UTAH DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIV. OF WATER RIGHTS, TECH. PUBL. 42
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