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Murray 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092615
MRDS ID M056858
Record type Site
Current site name Murray Lake
Related records 10277339

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.46643, 48.25151 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Omak Lake(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
032N 027E 20 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TONNAGE TOO SMALL FOR COMMERCIAL USE

Analytical data

Result EST. 5,000 TONS/FOOT DEPTH. 89% NA2 SO4, 8% MG SO4, 1.8% 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) -119.46643, 48.25151
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Possible Salt Pans

Ore body information

  • General form LAKE BED
    Thickness 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: BRINE, CRYSTALS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 7,100 TONS SODIUM SULFATE

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 7880 TONS MIXED SALTS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 13 ACRES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey

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