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Promontory Point, Great Salt Lake South Arm

Prospect in Box Elder 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090163
MRDS ID DB01708
Record type Site
Current site name Promontory Point, Great Salt Lake South Arm

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.45915, 41.1666 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position LOCATED ON THE LAT./LONG. CONTROL MARK.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Promontory 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 Box Elder

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT FOR THE AREA ON THE QUAD. BELOW 4200 FEET AND WITHIN BOX ELDER COUNTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brine Ore

Analytical data

Result AVG. DISSOLVED SOLID CONTENT: CL= 74000 PPM
Result MG = 4600 PPM
Result NA = 41000 PPM
Result K = 3200 PPM
Result SO4 = 9500 PPM.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.45915, 41.1666
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Graber Evaporative Basin

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 9.91M
    Length 10621.38M
    Width 10621.38M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 9.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Great Salt Lake

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Great Salt Lake South Arm

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Utah
    Home office Utah

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WITHIN THIS QUAD. IS COVERED BY THE LAKE CRYSTAL CRIB FORM.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AMOUNT REFERS TO TONS OF DISSOLVED SOLIDS CONTAINED IN THE PORTION OF THE QUADRANGLE LYING WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: UGMS QUARTERLY SAMPLING, 1978

  • Deposit

    WILBERG, D. E., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Deposit

    1977 RECON UGMS WATER RESOURCE BULL

  • Reserve-Resource

    WILBERG, D. E., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONCENTRATION SET AT 4200 FT. LAKE LEVEL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Wilberg, Dale E. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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