| Deposit ID | 10019980 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DC12114 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bonneville Ltd. Potash Plant |
| Alternate or previous names | Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp. |
| Geographic coordinates: | -113.97808, 40.73936 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1286 |
| Relative position | 13700 FT. W. OF SILSBEE SIDING |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Tooele(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Silsbee(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Tooele |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 001S | 019W | 14 | SW OF NW OF SW | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Bromine | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Carnallite | Ore |
| Sylvite | Ore |
| Gypsum | Gangue |
| Result | TYPICAL ANALYSIS OF CRUDE BRINE IN WEIGHT PERCENTS: KCL, .8-1.2, NACL, 18-24, MGCL2, .9-1.2, MGSO4, .1-.3, CASO4, .2-.4, LICL, .02-.04 |
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| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud | ||||
| Rock unit name | Lake Bonneville Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Lake Bonneville Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -113.97808, 40.73936 |
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| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 6.1M |
| Depth to top | 0M |
| Depth to bottom | 6.1M |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1914 |
| Discoverer | H.S. Gale |
| Year of first production | 1939 |
| District name | Bonneville Salt Flats |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Kaiser Aluminum |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 38850HA |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DC12114 |
BINGHAM, C.P., 1980, SOLAR PRODUCTION OF POTASH FROM THE BRINES OF THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, IN GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MINER. SURV. BULL. 167.
TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.
ECTON, J.V. AND MACDONALD, R.D., 1962, THE SOLAR PONDS OF BONNEVILLE LTD.: UNPUBLISHED REPORT FOR BONNEVILLE LTD.
BINGHAM, C.P., 1980, SOLAR PROD. OF POT. FROM THE BRINES OF THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS IN GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 116.
BINGHAM, C.P., 1980, SOLAR PROD. OF POTASH FROM THE BRINES OF THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS IN GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULL. 116.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MAX. RECORDED SURFACE AREA OF SALT FLATS WAS 158 SQ. MILES IN 1927, MIN. RECORDED SURFACE AREA WAS 109 SQ. MILES IN 1976 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1981 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-OCT-1994 | Tripp, Bryce T. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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