Mine detail: FMC Granger Mine

Previously called 'TGS, Blacks Fork Trona Mine (TG Soda Ash), Texasgulf - Trona, Texasgulf Trona, TG Soda Ash, Inc., Texas Gulf Sulphur Corp.Blacks Fork Trona Mine, Black Fork Trona Project, Wyoming Soda Ash Project, Texasgulf Soda Ash Mine, Texasgulf Soda Ash Project Mine, Texas Gulf Sulphur Company, Wyoming Soda Ash Operation of Texasgulf, Inc., Granger Mine, Texasgulf Mill'

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Location: Sweetwater County, Wyoming, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.67883, -109.90574
dep_id: 10254740
mas_id: 560370029
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Sodium
Trace mineral: Halite, Oil Shale
Operation type: Underground
Development status: Producer
ore: Trona, Oil Shale, Halite
gangue: Calcite, Dolomite, Gaylussite, Nahcolite
orebody_fm: tabular: blanket
Reporter: South Dakota School of Mines, Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC), Wilson, Anna B.
hrock_unit: Green River Formation, Wilkins Peak Member: Trona and evaporite bearing strata.
hrock_type: Evaporite
disc_yr: 1938
References:
  • Deposit:: USBM Minerals Yerbook, 1978-1979, v. 2, p. 592, 593.
  • Deposit:: Root, F.K., Glass, G.B., and Lane, D.W., 1973, Sweetwater County, Woming--Geologic map atlas and summary of economic mineral resources: Geological Survey of Wyoming, County Resource Series No. 2, scale 1:500,000. [plate of Trona uranium, and other minerals]
  • Deposit:: PARKER, R.B.,1971, CONTRIBUTIONS TO GEOLOGY, TRONA ISSUE, UNIV. OF WYOMING, V. 10, N. 1.
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