Mine detail: Magcorp Great Salt Lake

Previously called 'Amax GslNl IndustriesAmax Great Salt LakeStansbury BasinAmax Specialty MetalsUtah MagnesiumSalt Lake MagnesiumNl Magnesium DivisionGreat Salt Lake MagnesiumRowley Plant'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.89603, -112.70642

Resource(B)

Primary: Chlorine, Magnesite
Secondary: Calcium
Tertiary: Potassium, Sodium, Boron-Borates, Bromine, Lithium
Other material: Aragonite, Carnallite, Dolomite, Gypsum, Halite, Montmorillonite, Quartz, Sylvite
Discovery year: 1888

Production

Operation type: Processing Plant
Development status: Plant
First production started: 1972

Geology

References

MAS490450299
DEP10300576
Reference{Deposit:: FLEMINGS, M. C., AND OTHERS, 1981, AN ASSESSMENT OF MAGNE-}{Deposit:: SIUM PRIMARY PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY: DIVISION OF INDUS-}{Deposit:: TRIAL ENERGY CONSERVATION, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY,}{Deposit:: CONTRACT NO. AC01-76CS40284 BY MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE}{Deposit:: OF TECHNOLOGY, REPORT DOE/CS/40284-T1, 176 P.}{Deposit:: SRI INTERNATIONAL, 1982, MAGNESIA FROM SEA WATER OR BRINE:}{Deposit:: CHEMICAL ECONOMICS HANDBOOK, P. 746.1001 T, 747.1000 E,}{Deposit:: F, I, P, 747.2000 E, F.}{Reserve-Resource:: STURM, P. A., THE GREAT SALT LAKE BRINE SYSTEM: GREAT SALT}{Reserve-Resource:: LAKE - A SCIENTIFIC, HISTORICAL AND ECONOMIC OVERVIEW,}{Reserve-Resource:: EDITED BY J. W. GWYNN, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL}{Reserve-Resource:: SURVEY, BULLETIN 116, JUNE 1980, P. 155.}
ReporterWitkowsky, Dan