Mine detail: Little Mountain

Previously called 'Little Mountain PitsGreat Salt Lake Minerals & Chemical'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.28053, -112.23161

Resource(B)

Primary: Potassium, Magnesite
Tertiary: Sodium, Salt
Discovery year: 1888

Production

Operation type: Brine Operation
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1970

Geology

References

MAS490570007
DEP10131019
Reference{Deposit:: GWYNN, J. WALLACE & STURM, PAUL A. SOLAR PONDING ADJACENT TO}{Deposit:: THE GREAT SALT LAKE, UTAH; UGMS BULLETIN 116, PAGES 365}{Deposit:: THROUGH 376.}{Deposit:: GULF RESOURCES & CHEMICALS CORP. ANNUAL REPORTS}{Deposit:: BEHRENS, PETER; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING OF GREAT SALT LAKE}{Deposit:: BRINES BY GREAT SALT LAKE MINERALS & CHEMICALS CORPORATION}{Deposit:: GREAT SALT LAKE--A SCIENTIFIC, HISTORICAL AND ECONOMIC}{Deposit:: OVERVIEW; UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 116}{Deposit:: 1980, PAGES 223 THROUGH 228.}{Reserve-Resource:: IFOC, LITTLE MOUNTAIN PROPERTY FILE REPORT, NOV. 1981 P5.}{Reserve-Resource:: MAFO PROPERTY EVALUATION ETD, MAR., 1983.}{Reserve-Resource:: STURM, PAUL A. THE GREAT SALT LAKE BRINE SYSTEM; UGMS}{Reserve-Resource:: BULLETIN 116, PAGES 147 THROUGH 162.}
ReporterBuckingham, David A.