| Deposit ID | 10087539 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | D007741 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Miners Canyon Quad. Subsurface Brines |
| Geographic coordinates: | -114.03308, 40.92798 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1298 |
| Relative position | 15,100 FT. SE OF RAVEN'S CAVE |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Miners Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wendover(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Elko(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
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)
Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 003N | 019W | 33 | SW OF NE OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Bromine | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnallite | Ore |
| Halite | Ore |
| Sylvite | Ore |
| Result | ANALYSIS OF BRINE IN WEIGHT PERCENTS: KCL, .8-1.2, NACL, 18-24, MGCL2, .9-1.2, MGSO4, .1-.3, CASO4, .2-.4, LICL, .02-.04 |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud | ||||
| Rock unit name | Lake Bonneville Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Lake Bonneville Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -114.03308, 40.92798 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1914 |
| Discoverer | H.S. Gale |
| District name | Silver Island District |
|---|
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | D007741 |
NOLAN, T.B., 1927, POTASH BRINES IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. BULL. 795.
STEPHENS, T.C., 1974, HYDROGEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTH GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT: UTAH DEPT. OF NAT. RESOURCES, DIVISION OF WATER RIGHTS, TECH. PUBL. 4.
BINGHAM, C.P., 1980, SOLAR PRODUCTION OF POTASH FROM THE BRINES OF THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURV. BULL. 116.
1914 DIREXPL GALE, H.S. BULL. 540
1927 DIREXPL NOLAN, F.B. BULL. 795
TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINER. SURV.
TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1981 | Tripp, Bryce T. | Bureau of Land Management |
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