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Subsurface Brines

Occurrence 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012249
MRDS ID D007779
Record type Site
Current site name Subsurface Brines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.55251, 40.82076 (WGS84)
Elevation 1285

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tooele(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Floating Island SE(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001N 015W 15 SW OF SW OF SW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS FOR REPRESENTATIVE POINT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnallite Ore
Halite Ore
Sylvite Ore

Analytical data

Result TYPICAL ANALYSIS OF CRUDE BRINE IN WEIGHT PERCENTS: KCL, .8-1.2, NACL, 18 - 24, MG CL2, .9 - 1.2, MG SO4, .1 - .3, CA SO4, .2 - .4, LICL, .02 - .04

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Block Clays Of The Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Block Clays Of The Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Mud and salt flats
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1914
Discoverer H.S. Gale

Mining district

District name Salt Flats

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T.B., 1927, POTASH BRINES IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. BULL. 795, P. 25-44.

  • Deposit

    STEPHENS, J.C., 1974, HYDROGEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTH GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT: UTAH DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF WATER RIGHTS, TECH. PUBL. 4.

  • Deposit

    BINGHAM, C.P., 1980, SOLAR PROD. OF POTASH FROM THE BRINES OF THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 116.

  • Deposit

    1914 DIREXPL GALE U.S.G.S. BULL. 540

  • Deposit

    1927 DIREXPL NOLAN U.S.G.S. BULL. 795

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

Reporter information

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

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