| Deposit ID | 10020508 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC13465 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Capell Salt Co. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.88974, 40.73214 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | SALT BEDS NEAR WENDOVER, UTAH |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Silsbee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Bonneville Salt Flats(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 001S | 018W | 25 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Halite | Primary |
| Result | 1916- 90 % NACL |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments |
| (1) | -113.88974, 40.73214 |
|---|
| General form | SALT BEDS |
|---|---|
| Dip | 0 |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Bonneville Salt Flats |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC13465 |
NOLAN,T.B., 1927, POTASH BRINES IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT: USGS BULL. 795, P. 25-44.
ANON., 1916, CAPELL SALT (NEWS NOTE): ENG. & MINING JOUR., VOL. 102, NO. 18, P. 886.
CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 03-28-1958
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | PROSPECT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1974 | Unknown | Conservation Division, USGS (no longer exists) |
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