Mine detail: Buffalo Point Brines

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Location: Davis County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.05076, -112.3097
dep_id: 10088709
mrds_id: M058226
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Bromine
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
orebody_fm: OTHER
conc_proc: Evaporation
ore_ctrl: No Drainage Causing Increasing Concentration, Of Great Salt Lake
Reporter: Bishop, Charles E. (Tripp, Bryce T.)
Structure: Graben And Horst
tectonic: Northern Utah Highland
Year first produced: 1825
ylp_ba: >
yr_lst_prd: 1981
disc_yr: 1825
discr: Jim Bridger
References:
  • Deposit:: GWYNN, J.W., 1980, THE GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 11
  • Reserve-Resource:: GWYNN, J.W. (ED), 1980.
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