Mine detail: Western Uinta Range Group

Previously called 'Wolf CreekWestern Uinta RangeMackentire DrawRock Creek ValleyDry CanyonFranson Canyon'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.51665, -111.10077

Resource(B)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Uranium, Water, Free
Other material: Apatite, Calcite, Dolomite, Feldspar, Fluorite, Gypsum, Illite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphene, Tourmaline, Zircon
Discovery year: 1914

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Prospect

Geology

References

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DEP10130114
Reference{Deposit:: CLABAUGH, P. S., 1946, PERMIAN PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF}{Deposit:: MONTANA, IDAHO, WYOMING, AND UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY}{Deposit:: STRATEGIC MINER. INV. PRELIM. MAP 3-198, 1 SHEET.}{Deposit:: GARRAND CORPORATION, 1975 (?), PHOSPHATE RESERVES OF SOUTH-}{Deposit:: EASTERN IDAHO: U.S. DEPT. OF AGR. CONTRACT}{Deposit:: NO. 50-820, 1102 P.}{Deposit:: HALE, L. A., ED., 1967, ANATOMY OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE}{Deposit:: FIELD: INTERMOUNTAIN ASSOC. OF GEOL. 15TH ANN. FIELD}{Deposit:: CONF., 287 P., 3 PLATES.}{Geology:: CHENEY, T. M., 1957, PHOSPHATE IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND}{Geology:: MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 59, 54 P., 3 PLATES.}{Geology:: CHENEY, T. M., AND SHELDON, R. P., 1959, PERMIAN STRATI-}{Geology:: GRAPHY AND OIL POTENTIAL - WYOMING AND UTAH, IN INTER-}{Geology:: MOUNTAIN ASSOC. OF PETROLEUM GEOL. 10TH ANN. FIELD}{Geology:: CONF., P. 90-100.}{Geology:: CHENEY, T. M., SMART, R. A., WARING, R. G., AND WARNER,}{Geology:: M. A., 1953,, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE PHOSPHORIA}{Geology:: FORMATION IN UTAH, 1949-51: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC.}{Geology:: 306, 40 P.}{Geology:: HUDDLE, J. W., AND MCCANN, F. T., 1947, GEOLOGIC MAP OF}{Geology:: DUCHESNE RIVER AREA, WASATCH AND DUCHESNE COUNTIES,}{Geology:: UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OIL AND GAS INV. PRELIM. MAP}{Geology:: PM-75.}{Geology:: HUDDLE, J. W., MAPEL, W. J., AND MCCANN, F. T., 1951, GEO-}{Geology:: LOGY OF THE MOON LAKE AREA, DUCHESNE COUNTY, UTAH:}{Geology:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OIL AND GAS INV. MAP OM-115.}{Geology:: SCHULTZ, A. R., 1919, A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE UINTA}{Geology:: MOUNTAINS, NORTHERN UTAH, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO}{Geology:: PHOSPHATE, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, 1918,}{Geology:: PART I: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 690, P. 31-94, PLATE.}{Geology:: SMITH, L. E., HOSFORD, E. G., SEARS, R. S., SPROUSE, D. P.,}{Geology:: AND STEWART, M. D., 1952, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE}{Geology:: PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN UTAH, 1947-48: U.S. GEOL.}{Geology:: SURVEY CIRC. 211, 48 P.}{Geology:: WILLIAMS, J. S., 1942, PHOSPHATE IN UTAH: UTAH AGR. EXPT.}{Geology:: STA. BULL. 290, 44 P.}{Geology:: WILLIAMS, J. S., 1969, THE PERMIAN SYSTEM IN THE UINTA}{Geology:: 1-DEGREE BY 2-DEGREE TOPOGRAPHIC MAP: U.S. GEOL. SUR-}{Geology:: VEY 1:250,000-SCALE MAP, 1 SHEET.}{Geology:: MCKELVEY, V. E., 1959, THE PHOSPHORIA, PARK CITY, AND}{Geology:: SHEDHORN FORMATIONS IN THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD:}{Geology:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 313-A, P. 1-47,}{Geology:: GULBRANDSEN, R. A., 1967, SOME COMPOSITIONAL FEATURES OF}{Geology:: PHOSPHORITES OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION, IN INTERMOUN-}{Geology:: TAIN ASSOC. OF GEOL. 15TH ANN. FIELD CONF., P. 99-102.}{Ownership:: SCHUMACHER, O. L., PENSE, R. A., AND DAVIS, R. B., 1979,}{Ownership:: FEDERAL LAND STATUS IN THE OVERTHRUST BELT OF IDAHO,}{Ownership:: MONTANA, UTAH, AND WYOMING, 1979: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES}{Ownership:: SPECIAL REPT. (IN PRESS), TEXT WITH MAPS AND}{Ownership:: OVERLAYS.}{Ownership:: U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1973, STATE OF UTAH LAND}{Ownership:: OWNERSHIP AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT, WASATCH - F: U.S.}{Ownership:: BUR. LAND MANAGEMENT MAP, 1:250,000-SCALE, 1 SHEET.}{Ownership:: U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1978, STATE OF WYOMING LAND}{Ownership:: STATUS: U.S. BUR. OF LAND MANAGEMENT MAP, 1:500,000}{Production:: DUNCAN, W. E., AND FISK, H. G., 1957, CENTRAL WYOMING}{Production:: PHOSPHATE ROCK - CHARACTER, PROCESSING, AND ECONOMICS:}{Production:: UNIV. OF WYO. NAT. RES. RESEARCH INST. BULL. 6, 60 P.}{Production:: EBERL, E., 1970, BENEFICIATION OF CALCIUM PHOSPHATE BY}{Production:: CALCINATION, THE MATERIAL BALANCE: RUDARSKO -}{Production:: METALURSKI ZBORNIK, NO. 2-3, 1970, P. 275-283.}{Production:: GOKHALE, K. V. G. K., RAO, T. C., AND BISWAS, A. K., 1975,}{Production:: BENEFICIATION STUDIES ON A HIMALAYAN LEAN PHOSPHATE}{Production:: DEPOSIT WITH CALCAREOUS GANGUE, IN SEMINAR ON BENE-}{Production:: FICIATION OF LEAN PHOSPHATE WITH CARBONATE GANGUE, 11TH}{Production:: INTERNAT. MINERALS PROCESSING CONGRESS, KAGLIARI,}{Production:: ITALY, APRIL 23-24, 1975, P. 53-54.}{Production:: GOOD, P. C., 1976, BENEFICIATION OF UNWEATHERED INDIAN}{Production:: CALCAREOUS PHOSPHATE ROCK BY CALCINATION AND HYDRATION:}{Production:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 8154, 17 P.}{Production:: NEUBERGER, R., 1968, PHOSPHATE ROCK CALCINATION IN ISRAEL:}{Production:: PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM, NO. 35, MAY/JUNE}{Production:: 1968, P. 11-21.}{Production:: RULE, A. R., DAHLIN, D. C., AND FERGUS, A. J., 1978,}{Production:: FLOTATION OF CARBONATE AND SILICATE MINERALS FROM}{Production:: PARTIALLY ALTERED PHOSPHATE ROCK OF THE PHOSPHORIA}{Production:: FORMATION, PAPER PRESENTED AT ISMA TECHNICAL/ECON.}{Production:: CONF.; ORLANDO, FLA., OCT. 23-27, 1979, 11 P.}{Production:: RULE, A. R., KIRBY, D. E., AND DAHLIN, D. C., 1977, RECENT}{Production:: ADVANCES IN BENEFICIATION OF WESTERN PHOSPHATES, PAPER}{Production:: PRESENTED AT S.M.E. FALL MEETING AND EXHIBIT, ST. LOUIS}{Production:: MO., OCT. 19-21, 1977, 17 P.}{Production:: RULE, A. R., KIRBY, D. E., AND DAHLIN, D. C., 1978, RECENT}{Production:: ADVANCES IN BENEFICIATION OF WESTERN PHOSPHATES: MIN.}{Production:: ENG., JAN. 1978, P. 37-40.}{Reference:: HARRIS, R. A., DAVIDSON, D. F., AND ARNOLD, B. P., 1954,}{Reference:: BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE}{Reference:: FIELD: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1018, 89 P.}{Reserve-Resource:: COFFMAN, J. S., AND SERVICE, A. L., 1967, AN EVALUATION OF}{Reserve-Resource:: THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES -}{Reserve-Resource:: PART 4, WYOMING AND UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES}{Reserve-Resource:: REPT. INV. 6934, 158 P.}{Reserve-Resource:: DE VOTO, R. H., AND STEVENS, D. N., ED., 1979, URANIFEROUS}{Reserve-Resource:: PHOSPHATE RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS OF}{Reserve-Resource:: URANIUM RECOVERY FROM PHOSPHATE RESOURCES, UNITED}{Reserve-Resource:: STATES AND FREE WORLD: SUBCONTRACT 78-177-S TO DEPT.}{Reserve-Resource:: OF ENERGY CONTRACT 50-54-5903 (BENDIX FIELD ENG.}{Reserve-Resource:: CORP.) BY EARTH SCIENCES INC., 1396 P. PLUS PLATES.}{Reserve-Resource:: GERE, W. C., 1964, PHOSPHATE, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES}{Reserve-Resource:: OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 73,}{Reserve-Resource:: P. 195-205.}
ReporterBuckingham, David A.