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Reilly-Wendover Plant

Plant in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodities Potassium, Salt, Magnesite
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183690
MAS/MILS ID 0490450035
Record type Site
Current site name Reilly-Wendover Plant
Alternate or previous names Wendover Plant, Kaiser Chemicals Bonneville Plant, Bonneville Plant, Bonneville, Limited, Plant

Comments on the site names

  • ALSO KNOWN AS "BONNEVILLE (WENDOVER)". NAME WAS CHANGED TO PREVENT A MIX-UP WITH "WENDOVER" OF NEW SEQ# 0490450509 (OLD SEQ NO. 0490450000X.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -113.97916, 40.73802 (WGS84)
Elevation 1286
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silsbee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonneville Salt Flats(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001 S 019 W 14 NWSW Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Primary
Salt Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Aragonite Unknown
Carnallite Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Gypsum Unknown
Halite Unknown
Montmorillonite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sylvite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -113.97916, 40.73802
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M
    Length 30000M
    Width 12000M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin EVAPORATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 811201
  • Area 34400HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 34400
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Brine Operation
Development status Plant
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1914
Mining method Auger Mining - Solution Mining
Year of first production 1917
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Precipitation
Milling method Crystallization

Mining district

District name Silver Islet

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Federal Lease
Type of mineral rights State Lease

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Great Salt Lake Minerals Co.
    ID 4200154
    Interest 100
    Home office Utah
    Year 1995

Comments on the ownership information

  • IN 1988, KAISER ALUMINUM AND CHEMICAL CORP SOLD THE BONNEVILLE PLANT TO REILLY TAR & CHEMICAL CORP (RENAMED REILLY INDUSTRIES) IN SEPTEMBER 1994, REILLY INDUSTRIES WAS SOLD TO HARRIS CHEMICAL (PAY DIRT MAGAZINE, (ROCKY MT EDITION). SEP 1994, P. 19A). FEBRUARY 1995, GREAT SALT LAKE MINERALS COMPANY PURCHASED THE BONNEVILLE PLANT FROM REILLY INDUSTRIES INC. (INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, FEB 1995, P. 16.)

Production statistics

  • Year 1964
    Description Total Potassium Salts Production 49712 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Potassium Potassium 49712mt
  • Year 1965
    Description Total Potassium Salts Production 66483 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Potassium Potassium 66483mt
  • Year 1966
    Description Total Potassium Salts Production 19359 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Potassium Potassium 19359mt
  • Year 1967
    Description Total Potassium Salts Production 52045 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Potassium Potassium 52045mt
  • Year 1968
    Description Total Potassium Salts Production Metric Tons For The Year
  • Year 1969
    Description Total Potassium Salts Production 48506 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Potassium Potassium 48506mt
  • Year 1970
    Description Total Potassium Salts Production 99206 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Potassium Potassium 99206mt
  • Year 1971
    Description Total Potassium Salts Production 74043 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Potassium Potassium 74043mt
  • Year 1972
    Description Total Potassium Salts Production 115333 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Potassium Potassium 115333mt
  • Year 1973
    Description Total Potassium Salts Production 116471 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Potassium Potassium 116471mt
  • Year 1974
    Description Total Potassium Salts Production 109381 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Potassium Potassium 109381mt
  • Year 1975
    Description Total Potassium Salts Production 88097 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Potassium Potassium 88097mt
  • Year 1976
    Description Total Potassium Salts Production 66879 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Potassium Potassium 66879mt
  • Year 1977
    Description Total Potassium Salts Production 94535 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Potassium Potassium 94535mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Total Potassium Salts Production 66183 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Potassium Potassium 66183mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Total Potassium Salts Production 58614 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Potassium Potassium 58614mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Total Potassium Salts Production 70511 Metric Tons For The Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Potassium Potassium 70511mt

Comments on the production information

  • PERCENT RECOVERY FOR K2O IN RECORD A IS ACTUALLY 94.8.
  • UNITS OF CAPACITY IN RECORDS A, B, AND C IS ACTUALLY MT BRINE/DAY. UNITS OF OUTPUT IN RECORD A IS ACTUALLY MT SYLVITE/DAY. UNITS OF OUTPUT IN RECORD B IS ACTUALLY MT SYLVINITE/DAY. UNITS OF OUTPUT IN RECORD C IS ACTUALLY MT MGCL2 BRINE/DAY. PRODUCTION UNITS IN RECORDS A, B, AND C IS ACTUALLY $/MT BRINE

Comments on other economic factors

  • UNITS OF DESIGN IN RECORD 1 IS ACTUALLY MT BRINE/DAY. UNITS OF PRODUCTION IN RECORD 1 IS ACTUALLY $/MT BRINE.
  • UNITS OF COST IN RECORDS 009 AND 010 IS ACTUALLY $/MT BRINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GALE, H. S. POTASH IN SALDURO SALT DEPOSIT. ENGINEERING

  • Deposit

    AND MINING JOURNAL, OCT. 28, 1916, PP. 780-782.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. MICROFILM COMPILATION OF CONFIDEN-

  • Deposit

    TIAL, INDIVIDUAL COMPANY, PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE

  • Deposit

    YEARS 1964 THROUGH 1980).

  • Deposit

    BINGHAM, C. P. SOLAR PRODUCTION OF POTASH FROM THE BRINES

  • Deposit

    OF THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, IN GREAT SALT LAKE: A

  • Deposit

    SCIENTIFIC, HISTORICAL AND ECONOMIC OVERVIEW (CHAP. IV.--

  • Deposit

    LAKE INDUSTRIES), ED. BY J. W. GWYNN. UTAH GEOL. AND

  • Deposit

    MIN. SURVEY BULL. 116, 1980, PP. 229-242.

  • Deposit

    DAMES AND MOORE. INVENTORY AND MARKET ANALYSIS OF THE

  • Deposit

    POTASH RESOURCES OF THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT, UTAH.

  • Deposit

    UNPUBLISHED REPORT FOR THE U. S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGE-

  • Deposit

    MENT, DIV. OF RESOURCES, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH (JOB NO.

  • Deposit

    08699-011), 1978, 55 PP.; COPY IN FILES AT BUMINES, IN-

  • Deposit

    TERMOUNTAIN FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER, DENVER, COLO.

  • Deposit

    DECO TREFOIL MAGAZINE. BENEFICIATION OF BONNEVILLE POTASH

  • Deposit

    DEPOSITS. ENGINEERING NOTEBOOK BULLETIN M4-B39, MARCH

  • Deposit

    1946, 8 PP.

  • Deposit

    ECTON, J. V. POTASH RECOVERY FROM BRINES BY SOLAR EVAPORA-

  • Deposit

    TION. PRES. AT 71ST NATL. WESTERN MINING CONF. AND

  • Deposit

    EXHIB., DENVER, COLO., FEBRUARY 1968, 6 PP.; COPY IN

  • Deposit

    FILES AT BUMINES, INTERMOUNTAIN FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER,

  • Deposit

    DENVER, COLO.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. UTAH, IN NEWS BRIEFS--IN

  • Deposit

    THE US (CONTAINS ONE PARAGRAPH CONCERNING KAISER CHEMI-

  • Deposit

    CALS' SOLAR EVAP. POTASH COMPLEX). MARCH 1977, P. 258.

  • Deposit

    HADZERIGA, P. SOME ASPECTS OF THE PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY OF

  • Deposit

    POTASH RECOVERY BY SOLAR EVAPORATION OF BRINES. TRANS.

  • Deposit

    SME, JUNE 1964, PP. 169-174.

  • Deposit

    LALLMAN, M. W. KAISER CHEMICALS' BONNEVILLE POTASH OPERA-

  • Deposit

    TION. PRES. AT FALL MEETING AND EXHIBIT, SOC. MIN. ENG.,

  • Deposit

    AIME, DENVER, COLO., SEPT. 1-3, 1976, SME PREPRINT 76-H-

  • Deposit

    302, 19 PP.

  • Deposit

    SINGLETON, R. H. POTASH. BUMINES MCP-11, FEBRUARY 1978,

  • Deposit

    27 PP.

  • Deposit

    THOMASON, J. C. POTASH MARKETS DURING THE SEVENTIES. MI-

  • Deposit

    NING YEAR BOOK, COLO. MINING ASSOC., 1971, PP. 27-37.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. SILSBEE QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC OR-

  • Deposit

    THOPHOTOMAP), UTAH--TOOELE CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES, 1973,

  • Deposit

    SCALE 1:24,000.

  • Deposit

    _____. TETZLAFF PEAK QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC ORTHOPHOTO-

  • Deposit

    MAP), UTAH--TOOELE CO. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES, 1971, SCALE

  • Deposit

    1:24,000.

  • Deposit

    -----. TOOELE QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC MAP), UTAH. 1 DEG. X

  • Deposit

    2 DEG. SERIES, 1970 REV., SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    -----. WENDOVER QUADRANGLE (TOPOGRAPHIC ORTHOPHOTOMAP),

  • Deposit

    NEVADA--UTAH. 7.5 MINUTE SERIES, 1972, SCALE 1:24,000.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-SEP-96 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 05/21/1982
MSHA mine ID4200154
Mine name (MSHA)Bonneville Plant
Current operatorKaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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