The Rowley Plant is a magnesite mine located in Tooele county, Utah at an elevation of 4,219 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,219 Feet (1,286 Meters)
Commodity: Magnesite
Lat, Long: 40.91444, -112.73250
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Rowley Plant MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rowley Plant
Secondary: National Lead Plant
Secondary: Amax Plant
Commodity
Primary: Magnesite
Secondary: Clay
Location
State: Utah
County: Tooele
District: Great Salt Lake Desert
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Amax Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1972
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin
Physiographic Detail: Great Salt Lake Basin
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LIQUID
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Brine
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Holocene
Name: Brine
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: CONCENTRATED BRINE FEED TO PLANT AVERAGES 7.5 TO 8.5 PERCENT MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE
Materials
Ore: Brine
Comments
Comment (Workings): BRINE EXTRACTED FROM GREAT SALT LAKE
References
Reference (Deposit): NATIONAL LEAD, 1979, SOLICITS BUYERS FOR RAWLEY PLANTS: TOOELE TRANSCRIPT
Reference (Production): 1979, N.L. SOLICITS BUYERS FOR ROWLEY PLANT: TOOELE TRANSCRIPT.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): GWYNN, J.W., 1980. THE GREAT SALT LAKE: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR. BULL. 116.
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