Mine detail: Husky No. 1 Proposed Mine

Previously called 'Dry Ridge Unit 1Stewart CanyonDry Valley, Area D, 26, 27Stewart Flat, Area A, 1-4West Limb Georgetown Syncline'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.61242, -111.25441

Resource(B)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Vanadium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, REE
Orebody form: IRREGULAR, TABULAR
Other material: Calcite, Chalcedony, Collophane, Dolomite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Montmorillonite, Orthoclase, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite

Production

Operation type: Surface
Production size: None
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert;;;
Host type:Shale
Associated rock:Wells Formation-Limestone;Wells Formation-Sandstone;Dinwoody Formation-Limestone;Dinwoody Formation-Shale;Thaynes Formation-Shale;Thaynes Formation-Limestone;Thaynes Formation-Sandstone
Associated type:Limestone
Structure:Snowdrift Anticline, Georgetown Syncline, Dry Valley Anticline, Dry Valley Fault
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline

References

MRDSW026171
MAS160290166
DEP10089427
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ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Lowe, Nathan T.