Salt Lake Sodium Products Co.

Past Producer in Salt Lake county in Utah, United States with commodity Sodium
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021045
MRDS ID DC14751
Record type Site
Current site name Salt Lake Sodium Products Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.17969, 40.78022 (WGS84)
Relative position GREAT SALT LAKE, NEAR SALTAIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antelope Island South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Salt Lake(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 Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001N 003W Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Primary

Analytical data

Result 20 % SODIUM SULFATE, 60 % SAND

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.17969, 40.78022

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Thickness 3.05M
    Depth to top 0.61M
    Depth to bottom 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Two Feet Below Surface

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • ACTIVELY PRODUCING IN 1938.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MARTIN,G., 1938, SODIUM SULFATE FROM THE SHORE OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE: ENG. & MINING JOUR., VOL. 139, NO. 6, P. 55

  • Deposit

    CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-22-1971

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Unknown Conservation Division, USGS (no longer exists)

Beyond USGS

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