Mine detail: Vernal Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.60666, -109.49132

Resource(B)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Uranium
Other material: Collophane
Discovery year: 1915

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1961

Geology

References

MAS490470028
DEP10252268
Reference{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF RECLAMATION, 1975, FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL}{Deposit:: STATEMENT, AUTHORIZED JENSEN UNIT, CENTRAL UTAH}{Deposit:: PROJECT, UTAH.}{Deposit:: STAUFFER CHEMICAL COMPANY, 1962-1979, ANNUAL REPORTS FOR}{Deposit:: 1961-67, 1973, 1974, 1978.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. COMPILATION OF PROPRIETARY, INDIVIDUAL}{Deposit:: COMPANY, PRODUCTION STATISTICS (FOR THE YEARS 1983}{Deposit:: THROUGH 1986).}{Deposit:: MESA MET-NONMET MINE FILE REF OWN/OP: STAUFFER CHEMICAL}{Deposit:: EMJ MINE DIRECTORY 75 ORE CAPACITY 300 TPD FLOT MILL 2000 T}{Deposit:: EMPL 60 1975}{Geology:: CHENEY, T. M., 1957, PHOSPHATE IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND}{Geology:: MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 59, 54 P., 3 PLATES.}{Geology:: KINNEY, D. M., 1955, GEOLOGY OF THE UINTA RIVER, BRUSH CREEK}{Geology:: AREA, DUCHESNE AND UINTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOL.}{Geology:: SURVEY BULL. 1007, 185 P., PLATES.}{Geology:: KINNEY, D. M., 1957, GEOLOGY OF THE UINTA RIVER AND BRUSH}{Geology:: CREEK-DIAMOND MOUNTAIN AREAS, DUCHESNE AND UINTAH}{Geology:: COUNTIES, UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OIL AND GAS INV.}{Geology:: MAP OM-123.}{Geology:: PRUITT, R. G., JR., 1961, PHOSPHATE, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF}{Geology:: UINTAH COUNTY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL.}{Geology:: 71, P 74-87.}{Geology:: SCHELL, E. M., AND DYNI, J. R., 1973, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC}{Geology:: STRIP MAPS OF THE PARK CITY AND PHOSPHORIA FORMATIONS,}{Geology:: VERNAL PHOSPHATE AREA, UINTAH COUNTY, UTAH: U.S. GEOL.}{Geology:: SURVEY OPEN FILE REPT. 73-248, 8 SHEETS.}{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:: UNTERMANN, G. E., UNTERMANN, B. R., AND KINNEY, D. M., 1964,}{Geology:: GEOLOGY OF UINTAH COUNTY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG.}{Geology:: SURVEY BULL. 72, 2 PLATES.}{Geology:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1954, VERNAL, UTAH; COLORADO,}{Geology:: 1-DEGREE BY 2-DEGREE TOPOGRAPHIC MAP: U.S. GEOL. SUR-}{Geology:: VEY, 1:250,000-SCALE MAP, 1 SHEET.}{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 SPE-}{Ownership:: CIAL REPT. (IN PRESS), TEXT WITH MAPS AND OVERLAYS.}{Ownership:: U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1973, STATE OF UTAH LAND}{Ownership:: OWNERSHIP AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT, BASIN - H: U.S. BUR.}{Ownership:: LAND MANAGEMENT MAP, 1:250,000 SCALE, 1 SHEET.}{Reserve-Resource:: RHODES, J.A. 1976, REVIEW OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD,}{Reserve-Resource:: MONT. BUR. OF MINES & GEOL. SPECIAL PUB. 74, P. 61-67.}{Reserve-Resource:: SERVICE,A.L., 1967, HISTORY & DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHOSPHATE}{Reserve-Resource:: INDUSTRY IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO, IN INTERMOUNTAIN}{Reserve-Resource:: ASSOC. OF GEOL. 15TH ANN. FIELD CONF., P.173-185}{Reserve-Resource:: COFFMAN, J. S., SERVICE, A. L., 1967, RI6934, AN EVALUATION}{Reserve-Resource:: OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCE,}{Reserve-Resource:: PART 4, WYOMING & UTAH, P-136}{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.}{Reserve-Resource:: WILLIAMS, J. S., 1942, PHOSPHATE IN UTAH: UTAH AGR. EXPT.}{Reserve-Resource:: STA. BULL. 290, 44 P.}{Reserve-Resource:: WILLIAMS, J. S., 1969, THE PERMIAN SYSTEM IN THE UINTA MOUN-}{Reserve-Resource:: TAIN AREA, IN INTERMOUNTAIN ASSOC. OF GEOL. 16TH ANN.}{Reserve-Resource:: FIELD CONF. GUIDEBOOK, P. 153-168.}{Reserve-Resource:: BEALL, J. V., AND MERRITT, P. C., 1966, PHOSPHATE AND POTASH}{Reserve-Resource:: - MINERALS TO FEED THE WORLD: MIN. ENG., OCT. 1966,}{Reserve-Resource:: P. 75-99.}{Reserve-Resource:: CHEVRON CORPORATION, SUPPLEMENT TO THE 1988 ANNUAL REPORT,}{Reserve-Resource:: PAGE 59.}{Workings:: DAY, R. L., 1973, TRENDS IN THE PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY OF IDAHO}{Workings:: AND THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND}{Workings:: GEOL. PAMPHLET 155, 63 P., 1 PLATE.}{Workings:: KING, D. L., JR., 1964, SAN FRANCISCO PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT IN}{Workings:: THE UINTA BASIN, IN INTERMOUNTAIN ASSOC. OF PETROLEUM}{Workings:: GEOL. 13TH ANN. FIELD CONF., P. 259-263.}
ReporterBuckingham, David A.