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Fremont Island Brine

Producer in Weber 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042048
MRDS ID M058215
Record type Site
Current site name Fremont Island Brine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.32192, 41.17882 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 6,225 N 75 E OF CASTLE ROCK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Weber(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fremont Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Promontory Point(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(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 Weber

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005N 004W 08 NW OF SW OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 120.38 GRAMS PER LITER DISSOLVED SOLIDS ABOVE 23 FT DEPTH; 272.67 GRMS PER LITER BELOW 23 FT. DEPTH

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.32192, 41.17882
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wasatch Front

Ore body information

  • General form OTHER
  • General form OTHER

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 1982

Mining district

District name Fremont Island Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Utah
    Home office Utah

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATES FOR AREA OF LAKE COVERED BY FREMONT ISLAND QUAD. IN 1976 WITH A LAKE LEVEL OF 4200.4 FT.

Comments on the workings information

  • MINERALS EXTRACTED FROM LAKE BY CONTROLLED EXAPORATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GWYNN, J.W., (ED) 1980, THE GREAT SALT LAKE: UGMS. BULL. 116

  • Reserve-Resource

    GWYNN, J.W. (ED.), 1980.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 Bishop, Charles E. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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