Mine detail: Mandan Mine

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Location:	Rich County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long:	41.74549, -111.05272
dep_id:	10097277
mrds_id:	M057495
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Trace mineral:	Selenium
Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Unknown
Development status:	Prospect
ore:	Whitlockite
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
conc_proc:	Oxidation
ore_ctrl:	Crawford Mountain Syncline
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, On The West Side Of A Syncline
tectonic:	Crawford Mountains
References:	Analytical Data:: SRC.REF: GALE, H.S. AND RICHARDS, 1909, CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECON. GEOL. U.S.G.S. BULL. 430. Deposit:: TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY. Deposit:: RICHARDSON, G. B., GEOL. AND MIN. RES. OF THE RANDOLPH QUAD, UTAH-WYOMING: USGS BULL 923 , 1941 , P. 45 Deposit:: WIDEMAN, F.L., 1958 , MINING INCLINE BEDS OF PHOSPHATE ROCK: USBM INF. CIRC 7849 , P. 21 Deposit:: CHENEY, T.M., AND OTHERS, 1953 , STRATIG SECT OF THE PHOSPHORIA FM: USGS CIRC 306 , P. 7 - 11 Deposit:: 5) DASCH,M.D., 1964, ANTIMONY AND OTHER MINOR METALS IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 73, P. 143. Deposit:: 1909 RECON GALE AND RICHARDS BULL. 430 Deposit:: 1979 RECON TRIPP U.G.M.S. Production:: WIDEMAN, F.L., 1958, MINING INCLINED BEDS OF PHOSPHATE ROCK: U.S.B.M. RI 7849 Reserve-Resource:: TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SUR.