Terrace Mtn 1 Sw Brine

Occurrence in Box Elder county in Utah, United States with commodity Bromine
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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088369
MRDS ID DB01914
Record type Site
Current site name Terrace Mtn 1 Sw Brine
Related records 10227421

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.23306, 41.26464 (WGS84)
Elevation 1284
Relative position BETWEEN HOGUP MOUNTAINS AND NEWFOUNDLAND MTNS ALONG SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD TRACKS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meadow Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newfoundland Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006N 012W 04 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brine Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE DISSOLVED SOLID CONTENT CL = 110,000 PPM, K = 8800 PPM, MG = 1800 PPM, SO4 = 4700 PPM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.23306, 41.26464

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Thin Horizontal Zones In Sediments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Great Salt Lake Desert

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: STORM, UGMS RESEARCH GEOLOGIST, ORAL COMMUNICATIONS

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T. B., 1927 , POTASH BRINES IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT, UTAH: USGS BULLETIN 795 , P. 25 - 44 .

  • Deposit

    STEPHEN, J. C., 1974 , HYDROLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTH GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT: UTAH DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIV. OF WATER RIGHTS.

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION GEOLOGY & MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER CO., UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULLETIN.

  • Deposit

    STURM, PAUL, 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY RESEARCH GEOLOGIST, OVAL COMMUNICATION OF UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    1927 RECON NOLAN BULLETIN 795

  • Deposit

    1979 COMPILE UGMS, UNPUBLISHED DATA

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNDERLIES SOUTH WEST CORNER OF QUADRANGLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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