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Saltair 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. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10042060
MRDS ID M058242
Record type Site
Current site name Saltair Ne Brines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.09247, 40.94743 (WGS84)
Elevation 1279
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position Cover The Whole Quad.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Davis(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saltair 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

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS 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 GRAMS PER LITER BELOW 23 FT. DEPTH

Analytical data

Result CATION IN ORDER OF ABUNDENCES, SODIUM, MAGNESIUM, POTASSIUM, CALCIUM
Result ANION ARE CHLORIDE AND SULFATE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.09247, 40.94743
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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 In Great Salt Lake

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 Great Salt Lake Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Utah
    Home office Utah

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTMATES FOR AREA OF LAKE COVED BY SALTAIR NE IN 1976 WITH A LAKE LEVEL OF 4200.4 FT.

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: UGMS BULL. 116

  • Reserve-Resource

    GWYNN, J.W. (ED), 1980

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-81 Bishop, Charles E. (Tripp, Bryce T.) Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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