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Saltair Plant

Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodity Halite
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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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10020992
MRDS ID DC14645
Record type Site
Current site name Saltair Plant

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09997, 40.76883 (WGS84)
Elevation 1285
Relative position 4400 FT SOUTH 12 DEG. WEST OF KSL RADIO TOWERS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baileys Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001N 002W 05 NW OF NW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Salt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09997, 40.76883
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Evaporation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1888
Year of last production 1982

Mining district

District name Kcc Tailing Ponds Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Morton Salt Co.
    Home office 110n. Wacker Drive, Chicago, Il. 60606

Comments on the workings information

  • SALT EVAPORATORS, CONCENTRATING PONDS COVER ABOUT 1.5 SQUARE MILES SOUTH OF THE SALT PLANT

Comments on development

  • PROCESS USED IS ESSENTIALLY FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GWYNN, W.J. (ED), 1980, GREAT SALT LAKE A SCIENTIFIC, HISTORICAL AND ECONOMIC OVERVIEW: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY, BULLETIN 116

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1982 Bishop, Charles E. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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