Mine detail: Otto Mine

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Location: Rich County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.68576, -111.07272
dep_id: 10041746
mrds_id: M057499
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;Weber Sandstone;Brazer Limestone
hrock_type: Shale
Structure: Woodruff Thrust And Crawford Thrust, Syncline Trending N 20 E
tectonic: Crawford Mountains
References:
  • Deposit:: TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
  • Deposit:: KING, D.L. SR., 1967, SAN FRANCISCO CHEMICAL CO., CRAWFORD MOUNTAINS...: IAG FIFTEENTH ANN. FIELD CONF.
  • Production:: TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
  • Reserve-Resource:: TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.
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