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Monument Point 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087196
MRDS ID D005441
Record type Site
Current site name Monument Point Brine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.77222, 41.7127 (WGS84)
Elevation 1283
Relative position 3.5 MILES EAST OF MONUMENT POINT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monument Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tremonton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Curlew Valley(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 Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011N 008W 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS: NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4 AND NW 1/4 SW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Tertiary

Analytical data

Result AVG. DISSOLVED SOLID CONTENT: CL = 110000 PPM
Result K = 8800 PPM
Result MG = 1800 PPM
Result SO4 = 4700 PPM

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.77222, 41.7127
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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 Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Salt Wells Flat

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: STURM, 1979, UNPUB. DATA.

  • 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

    STURM, PAUL, 1979, UGMS RESEARCH GEOLOGIST, ORAL COMM. OF UNPUB. DATA

  • Deposit

    1927 RECON NOLAN, BULL. 79

  • Reserve-Resource

    NOLAN, 1927 AND STEPHENS, 1974

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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