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Burmester Section of Great Salt Lake

Producer in Tooele 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012089
MRDS ID D007454
Record type Site
Current site name Burmester Section of Great Salt Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.3847, 40.71687 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 3 MILES NW OF BURMESTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burmester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tooele(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tooele(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 Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S;002S 005W;005W 22,23,27,26,03,02 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary

Comments on the commodity information

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

Analytical data

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.3847, 40.71687
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LAKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Burmester Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Utah
    Home office Utah

Comments on the production information

  • SALT, POTASH, MAGNESIUM AND OTHER SALTS PRODUCED BY SEVERAL COMPANIES BUT NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATE AT 4200.4 FT. LAKE LEVEL

Comments on the workings information

  • MINERALS EXTRACTED FROM LAKE BY CONTROLLED EVAPORATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Production

    GWYNN, J.W., 1980. GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULL. 118.

  • Reserve-Resource

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

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