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Strongs Knob 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015605
MRDS ID DB01639
Record type Site
Current site name Strongs Knob Brines
Related records 10227090

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.97055, 41.20187 (WGS84)
Elevation 1282
Relative position AREA WEST OF LAKESIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Strongs Knob(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Promontory Point(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 006N 010W 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION SITE IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brine Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE 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
  • 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) -112.97055, 41.20187
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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
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Great Salt Lake Desert

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1927

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    1927 RECON NOLAN, BULL. 79

  • Reserve-Resource

    NOLAN, T. B., 1927 , USGS BULL. 795 . STEPHENS, J. C., 1974 , UTAH DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIV. OF WATER RIGHTS, TECH. PUBL. 42 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNDERLIES PORTION OF THE QUADRANGLE, SEVERAL HORIZONS OF BRINE TO BE DEPOSITED

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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