Commodities
PrimaryMagnesite, Chlorine
SecondaryCalcium
TertiaryLithium, Bromine, Boron-Borates, Sodium, Potassium
Commodity typeB
Materials
Other materialsAragonite, Carnallite, Dolomite, Gypsum, Halite, Montmorillonite, Quartz, Sylvite
Economic & production
Development statusPlant
First production1972
Discovery year1888
Identification
Deposit ID10300576
Alternate namesAmax Gsl, Nl Industries, Amax Great Salt Lake, Stansbury Basin, Amax Specialty Metals, Utah Magnesium, Salt Lake Magnesium, Nl Magnesium Division, Great Salt Lake Magnesium, Rowley Plant
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates40.89603, -112.70642
References
FLEMINGS, M. C., AND OTHERS, 1981, AN ASSESSMENT OF MAGNE-SIUM PRIMARY PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY: DIVISION OF INDUS-TRIAL ENERGY CONSERVATION, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY,CONTRACT NO. AC01-76CS40284 BY MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTEOF TECHNOLOGY, REPORT DOE/CS/40284-T1, 176 P.SRI INTERNATIONAL, 1982, MAGNESIA FROM SEA WATER OR BRINE:CHEMICAL ECONOMICS HANDBOOK, P. 746.1001 T, 747.1000 E,F, I, P, 747.2000 E, F.STURM, P. A., THE GREAT SALT LAKE BRINE SYSTEM: GREAT SALTLAKE - A SCIENTIFIC, HISTORICAL AND ECONOMIC OVERVIEW,EDITED BY J. W. GWYNN, UTAH GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALSURVEY, BULLETIN 116, JUNE 1980, P. 155.