Mine detail: Trail Creek Proposed Mine

Previously called 'Trail Creek LeaseAspen Range PropertyJohnson CreekJohnson Creek, Area B, 33-35Johnson Creek, Area D, 36-51Slug Creek Syncline'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.73552, -111.4244

Resource(B)

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

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Phosphoria Formation
Host type:Shale,Chert
Associated rock:Wells Formation, Dinwoody Formation, Thaynes Formation
Associated type:Limestone,Sandstone,Shale

References

MRDSW026164
MAS160290160
DEP10143793
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ReporterBuckingham, David A., Crockett, Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)