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Buffalo Point Brines

Past Producer in Davis county in Utah, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088709
MRDS ID M058226
Record type Site
Current site name Buffalo Point Brines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.3097, 41.05076 (WGS84)
Elevation 1276
Relative position 2 3/4 MILES N. 45 W. OF BUFFALO POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davis(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buffalo Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Promontory Point(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(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 Davis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004N 004W 28 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 120.38 GRAMS PER LITER DISSOLVED SOLIDS ABOVE 23 FT. DEPTH, 272.67 GRAMS PER LITER BELOW 23 FT. DEPTH

Analytical data

Result CATIONS IN ORDER OF ABUNDANCE: SODIUM MAGNESIUM, POTASSIUM, AND CALCIUM, ANION ARE CHLORIDE AND SULFATE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.3097, 41.05076
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Graben And Horst

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER
  • General form OTHER

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Drainage Causing Increasing Concentration, Of Great Salt Lake

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1825
Discoverer Jim Bridger
Year of first production 1825
Year of last production 1981

Mining district

District name Great Salt Lake Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Utah
    Home office Utah

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATES FOR AREA OF LAKE COVED BY BUFFALO POINT QUAD IN 1976 WITH A LAKE LEVEL OF 4200.4 FT

Comments on the workings information

  • MINERALS EXTRACTED FROM LAKE BY CONTROLLED EVAPORATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Bishop, Charles E. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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