Commodities
PrimaryBromine
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsCarnallite, Halite, Sylvite
Geology
Host rockClay, Mud · Lake Bonneville Formation
Tectonic settingBasin And Range
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1917
Discovery year1914
Identification
Deposit ID10087451
MRDS IDD007389
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates40.57188, -111.97662
References
NOLAN, T.B., 1927. POTASH BRINES IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT, UTAH: U.S.G.S. BULL. 795.STEPHENS, J.C., 1974. HYDROGEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTH GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT: UTAH DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIV. OF WATER RIGHTS, TECH. PUBL. 4.BINGHAM, C.P., 1980. SOLAR PRODUCTION OF POTASH FROM THE BRINES OF THE BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MINER. SURV. BULL. 116.1914 DIREXPL GALE, H.S. BULL. 5401927 DIREXPL NOLAN, F.B. BULL. 795BINGHAM, C.P., 1980. SOLAR PROD. OF POTASH..., IN GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULL. 116.