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Lake Point Plant

Producer in Tooele county in Utah, United States with commodity Halite
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019973
MRDS ID DC12104
Record type Site
Current site name Lake Point Plant
Alternate or previous names Hardy Salt Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.27942, 40.68688 (WGS84)
Elevation 1286
Relative position 10,000 FT N. OF ADOBE ROCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mills Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rush-Tooele Valleys(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 001S 004W 34 W2 OF NE OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Brine
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.27942, 40.68688
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Hingeline

Ore body information

  • General form FLUID

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Tooele Valley

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hardy Salt Co.

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • SALT OBTAINED BY EVAPORATION IN HOLDING PONDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, M., 1981, MINERAL INDUSTRY ACTIVITY REVIEW, 1981: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. CIRCULAR 70.

  • Deposit

    GWYNN, J.W., (ED.), 1980, GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 116.

  • Deposit

    CONSV. COMP. DATE, 06-17-1971

  • Deposit

    1971 GEOLMAP TOOKER, E.W. AND ROBERTS, R.J. GQ-92

  • Production

    GWYNN, J.W., (ED.), 1980, THE GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL 116.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LAKEPOINT SITE WAS OCCUPIED BY WEIR SALT CO. IN 1901, BY DESERET SALT CO. FROM 1953 TO 1958, BY LESLIE SALT CO. FROM 1958 TO 1965 AND BY HARDY SALT CO. FROM 1965 TO PRESENT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. U.S. Geological Survey

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