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Sevier Lake Sodium Deposits

Occurrence in Millard county in Utah, United States with commodities Sodium, Potassium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094331
MRDS ID D004657
Record type Site
Current site name Sevier Lake Sodium Deposits
Related records 10275532

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.20192, 38.81246 (WGS84)
Elevation 1377
Relative position CENTRAL MILLARD COUNTY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Millard(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sevier Lake SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wah Wah Mountains North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Richfield(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sevier Lake(hydrologic unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Escalante Desert-Sevier Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Millard

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 023S 012W 16 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT FOR A MUCH LARGER, MORE EXTENSIVE DEPOSIT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sodium Primary
Potassium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Rock unit name Lake Bed Deposits
    Rock description Lake Bed Deposits
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.20192, 38.81246
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Basin & Range

Ore body information

  • General form FLAT
    Length 38623.2M
    Width 19311.6M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sevier Basin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sevier Lake

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Utah
    Home office Utah

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY: ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Production

    EVERTS, M.L., 1979, GEOLOGIST.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Everts, Michael L. Bureau of Land Management

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