Mine detail: Albert Poulson Salt Pit

Previously called 'Inland Crystal Pit'

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Location

Lat / long: 39.0619, -111.87271

Resource(N)

Primary: Halite
Ore: Halite
Orebody form: LENS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Twelvemile Canyon Member Of The Arapien Shale
Host type:Limestone
Structure:Gunnison Plateau Syncline, Sanpete-Sevier Valley Anticline, Redmond Hills Anticline
Tectonic:Wasatch Plateau

References

MRDSM058934
DEP10088833
Reference{Deposit:: UGMS, USGS, 1964, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UGMS BULL. 73, P. 206-215.}{Deposit:: PRATT, A.R. AND CALLAHAN, E., 1970, LAND AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SANPETE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 85, P. 48-50.}{Deposit:: WITKIND, I.J., 1981, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE REDMOND QUADRANGLE, SANPETE AND SEVIER COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP I-1304-A.}{Deposit:: PRATT, A.R., ET. AL., 1966, SALT DEPOSITS OF SEVIER VALLEY, UTAH IN SYMPOSIUM ON SALT, 2ND, VOL. 1.}{Deposit:: BOSSHARDT, N., 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.}{Deposit:: TRIPP, B., 1985, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.}{Deposit:: HARDY, C.T., 1952, EASTERN SEVIER VALLEY, SEVIER AND SANPETE COUNTIES, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 43, 98 P.}{Deposit:: GILLILAND, W.N., 1951, GEOLOGY OF THE GUNNISON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: UNIV. OF NEBRASKA STUDIES, NEW SER., NO. 8, 101 P.}
ReporterTripp, Bryce T.