Mine detail: Benjamin Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

41.69243, -111.07967

Resource(N)

Primary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Ore:	Whitlockite
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1964

Geology

Host rock:	Rex Chert Member Of Phosphoria Formation;Meade Peak Member Of Phosphoria Formation
Host type:	Shale
Structure:	Woodruff Thrust And Crawford Mt Thrust, Syncline Trending N 20 E

References

MRDS	M057498
DEP	10041745
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Wong, George (Tooker, Ed), Tripp, Bryce T.