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Terrace Mtn 2 Se Brines

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Bromine
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10010987
MRDS ID D005099
Record type Site
Current site name Terrace Mtn 2 Se Brines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.33001, 41.32298 (WGS84)
Elevation 1286
Relative position NORTH OF NEWFOUNDLAND MOUNTAINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Groome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newfoundland Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007N 013W 16 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary

Analytical data

Result CL, K, MG, SO4

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.33001, 41.32298
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Thin Horizontal Zones In Sediments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Great Salt Lake Desert

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1927

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., 1927, POTASH BRINES IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT, UTAH: USGS BULLETIN 795, P. 25-44.

  • Deposit

    STEPHENS, J.C., 1974, HYDROLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTH GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT: UTAH DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIV. OF WATER RIGHTS, TECH. PUBL. 42

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.

  • Deposit

    1927 RECON NOLAN, BULL. 79

  • Reserve-Resource

    NOLAN, 1927 AND STEPHENS, 1974

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNDERLIES MAJORITY OF QUADRANGLE, SEVERAL HORIZONS OF BRINE TO BE EXPECTED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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