Mine detail: Bonneville Ltd. Potash Plant

Previously called 'Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp.'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.73936, -113.97808

Resource(N)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Medium
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1939

Geology

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

References

MRDSDC12114
DEP10019980
Reference{Deposit:: BINGHAM, C.P., 1980, SOLAR PRODUCTION OF POTASH FROM THE BRINES OF THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, IN GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MINER. SURV. BULL. 167.}{Deposit:: TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.}{Deposit:: TURK, L.J., ETAL, 1973, HYDROGEOLOGY OF LACUSTRINE SEDIMENTS, BONNEVILLE SALT FLAT, UTAH: ECON. GEOL. VOL. 68, PP. 65-78.}{Deposit:: ECTON, J.V. AND MACDONALD, R.D., 1962, THE SOLAR PONDS OF BONNEVILLE LTD.: UNPUBLISHED REPORT FOR BONNEVILLE LTD.}{Production:: BINGHAM, C.P., 1980, SOLAR PROD. OF POT. FROM THE BRINES OF THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS IN GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 116.}{Reserve-Resource:: BINGHAM, C.P., 1980, SOLAR PROD. OF POTASH FROM THE BRINES OF THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS IN GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULL. 116.}
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