Moab Brine Company Deposit

Past Producer in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodity Bromine
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015113
MRDS ID DB00145
Record type Site
Current site name Moab Brine Company Deposit
Related records 10227363

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.55987, 38.56692 (WGS84)
Elevation 1244
Relative position 1.0 MILE SE OF THE PORTAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moab(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 026S 021E 01 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SW 1/4 OF SEC. 1

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sylvite Ore
Anhydrite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Halite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Salt
    Rock unit name Paradox Member Of Hermosa Formation
    Rock description Paradox Mbr Of Hermosa Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.55987, 38.56692

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paradox Basin

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Depth to top 609.6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Moab Brine Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINING BY PUMPING SALT BRINES TO SURFACE, IE. SOLUTION MINING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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