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Show 72 TABLE 10 EXTREME DISSOLVED CONSTITUENT IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE Million Short Tons Constituent Minimum Maximum Sodium ( Na+) 1,300 2,000 Megnesium ( Mg+) 120 180 Potassium ( K+) 76 110 Chlorine ( C1-) 2,200 3,300 Sulfate ( S04=) 270 410 Lithium ( Li+) 0.8 1 Bromine ( Br-) 0.7 1 Boron ( B) 0.4 0.6 Calcium ( Ca+) 5.6 8.4 Bicarbonate ( HCO3), Reported as Carbonate ( CO3) 2.8 4.2 Silica ( Si02) 0.1 0.2 Iron ( Fe) 0.001 0.002 Nitrate ( NO3) 2 3 TOTALS ( rounded) 4,000 6,000 Of special interest are copper minerals in the vicinity of the tailings test. In 1974, flat pebbles of oolitic sands cemented with malachite ( basic copper carbonate) were found at Sand Pebble Beach. These pebbles assayed 2.9 to 3.5 percent copper ( German Mueller, personal com- ication, 1974). A nail from the boat harbor was found to have successive mun |