Powerplant in a field

Carbon Storage Portal

Great Salt Lake is likely best known for its high salinity and large size. Yet this unique lake also supports mineral and brine-shrimp industries, provides a resting place for millions of migratory birds, and reveals varied spectacular sights. Sunsets over distant islands, white beaches, and water colors ranging from blue to pink offer inspiration for artists. Antelope Island, Great Salt Lake, Utah. Photographer: Carole McCalla

Great Salt Lake Density and Chemistry Hub

Dry landscape of white, flat ground and protruding hexagonal ridges.

Bonneville Salt Flats Storymap

Utah Mineral Resources

Well in southern Sanpete County.

Non-Petroleum Well Data

Pile of gray rocks

Abandoned Coal Mine Maps

Mining has removed much of the Lake Bonneville deposits and some of the bedrock at Point of the Mountain. The total amount of sand, gravel, and rock removed is unknown, but according to Utah Division of Oil, Gas, and Mining documents, roughly 25 million tons was mined just from 2009 to 2014. Photos 1993 Google Earth imagery. Google Earth imagery © 2015 Google Inc., U.S. Geological Survey.

Utah Mineral Resource Reports