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 ID10111290
MRDS IDD007412
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.58632, -113.95779
References
NOLAN, T.B., 1927, POTASH BRINES IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT, UTAH: USGS BULL. 795.STEPHENS, J.C., 1974, HYDROGEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE NORTH GREAT SALT LAKE DESERT: UTAH DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION 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 MINERAL SURV. BULL. 116.1914 DIREXPL GALE, H.S., BULL. 5401927 DIREXPL NOLAN, F.B., BULL. 795BINGHAM, C.P., 1980, SOLAR PROD. OF POTASH, IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 116BINGHAM, C.P., 1980, SOLAR PROD. OF POTASH, IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURV. BULL. 116.