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Terrace Mtn Zsw Brine

Occurrence in Box Elder 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015623
MRDS ID DB01665
Record type Site
Current site name Terrace Mtn Zsw Brine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.44113, 41.32409 (WGS84)
Elevation 1285
Relative position NW OF NEWFOUNDLAND MTNS AND EAST OF LEMAY SIDING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lemay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newfoundland Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
007N 014W 15 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Brine Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE DISSOLVED SOLID CONTENT CL = 192,000 PPM, K = 10,600 PPM, MG = 6,300 PPM, SO4 = 5,200 PPM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.44113, 41.32409
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR TO IRREGULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Thin Horizontal Zones In Sediments

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Great Salt Lake Desert

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: NOLAN, 1927

  • Deposit

    NOLAN, T. B., 1927 , POTASH BRINES IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT, UTAH: USGS BULLETIN 795 , P. 25 - 44 .

  • Deposit

    STEPHENS, J. C., 1974 , HYDROLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTH GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT: UTAH DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIV. OF WATER RIGHTS, TECH. PUBL. 42 .

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H. H., IN PREPARATION, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BOX ELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERAL SURVEY BULLETIN.

  • Deposit

    1927 RECON NOLAN, BULL. 79

  • Reserve-Resource

    NOLAN, T. B., 1927 , USGS BULL. 795 . STEPHENS, J. C., 1974 , UTAH DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIV. OF WATER RIGHTS, TECH. PUBL. 42 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNDERLIES ENTIRE QUADRANGLE, SEVERAL HORIZONS OF BRINE TO BE EXPECTED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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

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