Salt Lake

Occurrence in Okanogan county in Washington, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041689
MRDS ID M056862
Record type Site
Current site name Salt Lake
Alternate or previous names Soap Lake
Related records 10156199

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.64088, 48.23872 (WGS84)
Elevation 356

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monse(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Omak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Okanogan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 032N 025E 25,26,35,36 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WARRANTS INVESTIGATION

Analytical data

Result 70.7% NA2 SO4, 13% NA HCO3, 9% NA2 CO3, 6.9% NACL

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Till
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.64088, 48.23872

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LAKE BED

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BRINE ONLY, STRATIFICATION IN BRINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 194,000 TONS SODIUM SULFATE

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 270,000 TONS MIXED SALTS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 157 ACRES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1990 Lawson, William A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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