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Mills Junction Section of Great Salt Lake

Producer in Tooele 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012060
MRDS ID D007418
Record type Site
Current site name Mills Junction Section of Great Salt Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.3322, 40.72466 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position NW OF LAGO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mills Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Salt Lake(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 Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S;001S 004W;005W Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary

Analytical data

Result 120.38 GRAMS PER LITER DISSOLVED SOLIDS ABOVE 23 FT. DEPTH AND 272.67 GRAMS PER LITER DISSOLVED SOLIDS BELOW 23 FT.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Brine
    Rock unit name Brines
    Rock description Brines
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.3322, 40.72466
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Oquirrh Mts.

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION OF SALT, POTASH, MAGNESIUM AND OTHER SALTS BY SEVERAL COMPANIES.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATED WITH CONCENTRATION OF 120.38 GRAMS PER LITER AT A LAKE LEVEL OF 4200.4 FT.

Comments on the workings information

  • SALTS EXTRACTED FROM BRINE BY CONTROLLED EVAPORATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GWYNN, J.W., 1980, THE GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 116

  • Production

    GWYNN, J.W., 1980, THE GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MINER. SUR. BULL. 116.

  • Reserve-Resource

    GWYNN, J.W., 1980, THE GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 9.74 X 10 CU. FT. OF BRINE ON THIS QUAD. AT A LAKE LEVEL OF 4200.4 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

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