Elephant Knoll SE

potash-bearing brine in United States of America

Geologic information

CountryUnited States of America
Location:-113.7592, 40.2778
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Site typemineral occurrence
Deposit typepotash-bearing brine
Evaporite basinBonneville
Basin typecontinental closed basin
Geologic unitLake Bonneville Fm
Age
Cenozoic
Quaternary
Pleistocene-Holocene
Minimum:Cenozoic-Quaternary-Holocene
Maximum:Cenozoic-Quaternary-Pleistocene
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Lithology
Geologic map unit-113.7592, 40.2778
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Economic information

Production
StatusNone

Reference information

References

Nolan, T.B., 1927, Potash brines in the Great Salt Desert: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 795-B, p. 25-44. (Also available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/0795b/report.pdf.)
Stephens, J.C., 1974, Hydrologic reconnaissance of the northern Great Salt Lake Desert and summary hydrologic reconnaissance of northwestern Utah: Utah Division of Water Rights Publication 42, 55 p.