Sevier Lake

potash-bearing brine in United States of America

Geologic information

CountryUnited States of America
Location:-113.2011, 38.8125
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Site typearea
Deposit typepotash-bearing brine
Evaporite basinBonneville
Basin typecontinental closed basin
Age
Cenozoic
Quaternary
Pleistocene
Minimum:Cenozoic-Quaternary-Pleistocene
Maximum:Cenozoic-Quaternary-Pleistocene
Commodities
Minerals
Potassium minerals:
Other minerals:
Lithology
Notes:Lacustrine and playa sediments; brines are subsurface and have a higher sulfate to chloride ratio and lower Mg content than Great Salt Lake.
Geologic map unit-113.2011, 38.8125
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Economic information

Production
StatusNone

Reference information

References

Garrett, D.E., 1996, Potash; Deposits, processing, properties and uses: New York, Chapman and Hall, 734 p.
Tripp, B.T., 2001, Industrial rock and mineral resources and developments in Utah, in Bon, R.L., Riordan, R.F., Tripp, B.T., and Krukowski, S.T., eds., Proceedings of the 35th forum on the geology of industrial minerals; The Intermountain West Forum 1999, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 2-7, 1999, Proceedings: Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 01-2, p. 79-92.