Mine detail: Floating Island Sw Brines

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.81075, -113.68391

Resource(N)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

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

References

MRDSD007780
DEP10087556
Reference{Deposit:: NOLAN, T.B., 1927. POTASH BRINES IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT, UT.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 795.}{Deposit:: STEPHENS, J.C., 1974. HYDROGEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTH GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT: UTAH DEPT. OF NAT. RES., DIV. OF WATER RIGHTS, TECH. PUB. 4.}{Deposit:: BINGHAM, C.P., 1980. SOLAR PRODUCTION OF POTASH., 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.}
ReporterTripp, Bryce T.