Commodities
PrimaryHalite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeM
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENS
Ore controlRed Hills Anticline
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Twelvemile Canyon Member Of The Arapien Shale
StructureGunnison Plateau Syncline, Sanpete-Sevier Valley Anticline, Redmond Hills Anticline
Tectonic settingWasatch Plateau
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10042331
MRDS IDM058937
Alternate namesPoulson Brother Salt Pit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.04635, -111.87133
References
UGMS, USGS, 1964, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UGMS BULL. 73, P-206-215.PRATT, A.R. AND CALLAHAN, E., 1970, LAND AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SANPETE COUNTY, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 85, P. 48-50.WITKIND, I.J., 1981, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE REDMOND QUADRANGLE, SANPETE AND SEVIER COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP I-1304-A.PRATT, A.R., ET. AL., 1966, SALT DEPOSITS OF SEVIER VALLEY, UTAH IN SYMPOSIUM ON SALT, 2ND, VOL. 1.BOSSHARDT, N., 1985, PERSONAL COMMUNICATION.TRIPP, B., 1985, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.HARDY, C.T., 1952, EASTERN SEVIER VALLEY, SEVIER AND SANPETE COUNTIES, UTAH: UGMS BULL. 43, 98 P.GILLILAND, W.N., 1951, GEOLOGY OF THE GUNNISON QUADRANGLE, UTAH: UNIV. OF NEBRASKA STUDIES, NEW SER., NO. 8, 101 P.