Salt Valley Anticline

The Salt Valley Anticline is a potassium mine located in Grand county, Utah at an elevation of 4,701 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Salt Valley Anticline

Commodity

Primary: Potassium
Tertiary: Magnesite

Location

State: Utah
County: Grand

Land Status

Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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

Type: State Lease
Type: Federal Lease

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: W. J Coleman, Sawyer Petrol.
Percent: 100.0
Info Year: 1977

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

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Comments

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References

Reference (Deposit): REPORT 77-761.

Reference (Deposit): ENT SITE SALT VALLEY ANTICLINE, GRAND CO. UT; USGS OPEN FILE

Reference (Deposit): HITE 1972 , SUBSURFACE GEOLOGY OF A POTENTIAL WASTE EMPLACEM

Reference (Deposit): DEPOSITS FOR WASTE EMPLACEMENT: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): HITE & LOHMAN 1973, GEOLOGIC APPRAISAL OF PARADOX BASIN SALT

Reference (Deposit): INCLUDES SEC.1 OF T23S R19E; T23S R20E; T23S R21E; T24S R21E

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