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Plug Peak Ne Brines

Producer in Davis 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. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10012685
MRDS ID D008507
Record type Site
Current site name Plug Peak Ne Brines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.29275, 40.95799 (WGS84)
Elevation 1272
Relative position 2 MILES WEST OF ANTELOPE ISLAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davis(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Plug Peak NE(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 Davis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003N 004W 27 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary

Analytical data

Result CATIONS IN ORDER OF ABUNDANCE
Result SODIUM, MAGNESIUM, POTASSIUM, AND CALCIUM
Result ANIONS CHLORIDES AND SULFATE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.29275, 40.95799
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Graben And Horst

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER
  • General form OTHER

Controls for ore emplacement

  • No Drainage, Causing Increasing Concentration

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
Year of last production 1981

Mining district

District name Antelope Island Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Utah
    Home office Utah

Comments on the workings information

  • MINERALS EXTRACTED FROM LAKE BY CONTROLLED EVAPORATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Bishop, Charles E. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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