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Utah Salt Co.

Past Producer in Tooele 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102067
MRDS ID DC12113
Record type Site
Current site name Utah Salt Co.
Related records 10130083

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.92918, 40.73409 (WGS84)
Elevation 1284
Relative position AT SILSBEE SIDING

Site location context

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)

Southern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Tooele

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S 018W 18,19 SE OF SW OF SE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore

Analytical data

Result RAW BRINE IN WEIGHT PERCENT: KCL, .8-1.2, NACL, 18-24, MGCL2, .9-1.2, MGSO4, .1-.3, CASO4, .2-.4, LICL, .02-.04

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Lake Bonneville Formation
    Rock description Lake Bonneville Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.92918, 40.73409
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bonneville Salt Flats

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Utah Salt Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION BETWEEN 50,000 AND 500,000 TONS PER YEAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1981, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV.

  • Deposit

    DOELLING, H.H., 1969, INDUSTRIAL MINERAL LOCALITIES OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. MAP NO. 29.

  • Deposit

    ECTON, J.V. AND MACDONALD, R.D., 1962, THE SOLAR POND OF BONNEVILLE, LTD: UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

  • Deposit

    STOWE, C.H., 1977, UTAH MIN. IND. OP. DIRECTORY 1977: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 111.

  • Production

    STOWE, C.H., 1977, UTAH MIN. IND. OP. DIR. 1977: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULL. 111.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DENSEST BRINE IS FOUND IN THE TOP TWENTY FEET OF SEDIMENTS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1981 Tripp, Bryce T. U.S. Geological Survey

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