Mine detail: Benjamin Mine

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Location: Rich County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.69243, -111.07967
dep_id: 10041745
mrds_id: M057498
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Whitlockite
orebody_fm: TABULAR
conc_proc: Oxidation
Reporter: Wong, George (Tooker, Ed), Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Rex Chert Member Of Phosphoria Formation;Meade Peak Member Of Phosphoria Formation
hrock_type: Shale
Structure: Woodruff Thrust And Crawford Mt Thrust, Syncline Trending N 20 E
Year first produced: 1964
References:
  • Deposit:: GALE, H.S. AND RICHARDS, R.W. PHOSPHATES: USGS BULL 430-H.
  • Deposit:: SMITH, L.E., 1952, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTION OF THE PHOSPHORIA FM.: USGS CIR. 211.
  • Deposit:: TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
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