| Deposit ID | 10012237 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D007750 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bonneville Racetrack Subsurface Brines |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.79752, 40.80798 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1284 |
| Relative position | ON BONNEVILLE RACETRACK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bonneville Racetrack(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bonneville Salt Flats(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Tooele(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
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)
Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 001N | 017W | 21 | NW OF SE OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Bromine | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnallite | Ore |
| Halite | Ore |
| Sylvite | Ore |
| Result | ANALYSIS OF BRINE IN WEIGHT PERCENTS: KCL, .8 - 1.2, NACL, 18 - 24, MGCL2, .9 - 1.2, MGSO4, .1 - .3, CASO4, .2 - .4, LICL, .02 - .04. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud | ||||
| Rock unit name | Lake Bonneville Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Lake Bonneville Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -113.79752, 40.80798 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 6.1M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 6.1M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1914 |
| Discoverer | H.S. Gale |
| Year of first production | 1917 |
| District name | Silver Island |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D007750 |
NOLAN, T.B., 1927. POTASH BRINES IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT, UT.: U.S.G.S. BULL. 795.
STEPHENS, J.C., 1974. HYDROGEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTH GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT: UTAH DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIV. OF WATER RIGHTS, TECH. PUBL. 4.
BINGHAM, C.P., 1980. SOLAR PROD. OF POTASH FROM THE BRINES OF THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURV. BULL. 116.
1914 DIREXPL GALE, H.S. BULL 540
1927 DIREXPL NOLAN, F.B. BULL. 795
BINGHAM, C.P., 1980. SOLAR PRODUCTION OF POTASH..., IN GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULL. 116
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1980 | Tripp, Bryce T. | Bureau of Land Management |
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