Mine detail: Reilly-Wendover Plant

Previously called 'Kaiser Chemicals Bonneville PlantWendover PlantBonneville, Limited, Plant'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.73802, -113.97916

Resource(B)

Primary: Potassium
Tertiary: Magnesite, Salt
Other material: Aragonite, Carnallite, Dolomite, Gypsum, Halite, Montmorillonite, Quartz, Sylvite
Discovery year: 1914

Production

Operation type: Brine Operation
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1917

Geology

References

MAS490450035
DEP10183690
Reference{Deposit:: GALE, H. S. POTASH IN SALDURO SALT DEPOSIT. ENGINEERING}{Deposit:: AND MINING JOURNAL, OCT. 28, 1916, PP. 780-782.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. MICROFILM COMPILATION OF CONFIDEN-}{Deposit:: TIAL, INDIVIDUAL COMPANY, PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE}{Deposit:: YEARS 1964 THROUGH 1980).}{Deposit:: BINGHAM, C. P. SOLAR PRODUCTION OF POTASH FROM THE BRINES}{Deposit:: OF THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, IN GREAT SALT LAKE: A}{Deposit:: SCIENTIFIC, HISTORICAL AND ECONOMIC OVERVIEW (CHAP. IV.--}{Deposit:: LAKE INDUSTRIES), ED. BY J. W. GWYNN. UTAH GEOL. AND}{Deposit:: MIN. SURVEY BULL. 116, 1980, PP. 229-242.}{Deposit:: DAMES AND MOORE. INVENTORY AND MARKET ANALYSIS OF THE}{Deposit:: POTASH RESOURCES OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT, UTAH.}{Deposit:: UNPUBLISHED REPORT FOR THE U. S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGE-}{Deposit:: MENT, DIV. OF RESOURCES, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (JOB NO.}{Deposit:: 08699-011), 1978, 55 PP.; COPY IN FILES AT BUMINES, IN-}{Deposit:: TERMOUNTAIN FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER, DENVER, COLO.}{Deposit:: DECO TREFOIL MAGAZINE. BENEFICIATION OF BONNEVILLE POTASH}{Deposit:: DEPOSITS. ENGINEERING NOTEBOOK BULLETIN M4-B39, MARCH}{Deposit:: 1946, 8 PP.}{Deposit:: ECTON, J. V. POTASH RECOVERY FROM BRINES BY SOLAR EVAPORA-}{Deposit:: TION. PRES. AT 71ST NATL. WESTERN MINING CONF. AND}{Deposit:: EXHIB., DENVER, COLO., FEBRUARY 1968, 6 PP.; COPY IN}{Deposit:: FILES AT BUMINES, INTERMOUNTAIN FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER,}{Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. UTAH, IN NEWS BRIEFS--IN}{Deposit:: THE US (CONTAINS ONE PARAGRAPH CONCERNING KAISER CHEMI-}{Deposit:: CAL*SOLAR EVAP. POTASH COMPLEX). MARCH 1977, P. 258.}{Deposit:: HADZERIGA, P. SOME ASPECTS OF THE PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY OF}{Deposit:: POTASH RECOVERY BY SOLAR EVAPORATION OF BRINES. TRANS.}{Deposit:: SME, JUNE 1964, PP. 169-174.}{Deposit:: LALLMAN, M. W. KAISER CHEMICAL*BONNEVILLE POTASH OPERA-}{Deposit:: TION. PRES. AT FALL MEETING AND EXHIBIT, SOC. MIN. ENG.,}{Deposit:: AIME, DENVER, COLO., SEPT. 1-3, 1976, SME PREPRINT 76-H-}{Deposit:: 302, 19 PP.}{Deposit:: SINGLETON, R. H. POTASH. BUMINES MCP-11, FEBRUARY 1978,}{Deposit:: 27 PP.}{Deposit:: THOMASON, J. C. POTASH MARKETS DURING THE SEVENTIES. MI-}{Deposit:: NING YEAR BOOK, COLO. MINING ASSOC., 1971, PP. 27-37.}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. SILSBEE QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC OR-}{Deposit:: THOPHOTOMAP), UTAH--TOOELE CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES, 1973,}{Deposit:: SCALE 1:24,000.}{Deposit:: _____. TETZLAFF PEAK QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC ORTHOPHOTO-}{Deposit:: MAP), UTAH--TOOELE CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES, 1971, SCALE}{Deposit:: -----. TOOELE QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC MAP), UTAH. 1 DEG. X}{Deposit:: 2 DEG. SERIES, 1970 REV., SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: -----. WENDOVER QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC ORTHOPHOTOMAP),}{Deposit:: NEVADA--UTAH. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES, 1972, SCALE 1:24,000.}
ReporterBuckingham, David A.