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Wildcat Mtn Se Subsurface Brines

Occurrence 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. 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 10012167
MRDS ID D007632
Record type Site
Current site name Wildcat Mtn Se Subsurface Brines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.27777, 40.35826 (WGS84)
Elevation 1296
Relative position 9 MILES SSW OF WILDCAT MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wildcat Mountain SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wildcat Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 013W 06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT. UNSURVEYED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Tertiary

Analytical data

Result AVG. DISSOLVED SOLID CONTENT
Result CL = 192,000 PPM, K = 10,600 PPM, MG = 6,300 PPM, SO4 = 5,200 PPM.

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.27777, 40.35826
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Thin Horizontal Permeable Zones In Sediments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Great Salt Lake Desert

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SUBSURFACE BRINES

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1927, U.S.G.S. BULL. 795, P. 25-44

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., 1927, POTASH BRINES IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. BULL. 795, P. 25-44.

  • Deposit

    STEPHENS, J.C., 1974, HYDROGEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTH GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT: UT. DEPT. OF NATURAL RES. TECH. PUBL. 4.

  • Deposit

    1927 RECON NOLAN, BULL. 79

  • Production

    NOLAN, T.B., 1927, U.S.G.S. BULL. 795, P. 25-44.

  • Reserve-Resource

    NOLAN, 1927, U.S.G.S. BULL. 795, P. 25-44.

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

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