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Otto Mine

Past Producer in Rich county in Utah, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041746
MRDS ID M057499
MAS/MILS ID 0490330025
Record type Site
Current site name Otto Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.07272, 41.68576 (WGS84)
Elevation 2024
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1400 FT NE OF BRAZIER SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rich(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rex Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Upper Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Rich

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011N 008E 19 NENENE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DARK GRAY MASSIVE OOLITIC ROCKS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Whitlockite Ore

Analytical data

Result MAX OF 80.6 % CA3(PO4)2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Rex Chert Member Of Phosphoria Formation;Meade Peak Member Of Phosphoria Formation;Weber Sandstone;Brazer Limestone
    Rock description Rex Chert Member Of Phosphoria Formation;Meade Peak Member Of Phosphoria Formation;Weber Sandstone;Brazer Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.07272, 41.68576
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Woodruff Thrust And Crawford Thrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Syncline Trending N 20 E

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N22E
    Dip 50W
    Thickness 7.01M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.01M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE SYNCLINE CONTAINING THE PHOSPHATE BROADENS SOMEWHAT IN THIS AREA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crawford Mountains

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner San Francisco Chemical Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Fmc Corp.
    Year 1980

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NINE WORKED OUT

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT TRENDING S 75 W SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG INTERSECTS VEIN 200 FEET FROM PORTAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    KING, D.L. SR., 1967, SAN FRANCISCO CHEMICAL CO., CRAWFORD MOUNTAINS...: IAG FIFTEENTH ANN. FIELD CONF.

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT SIMILAR TO ARIKAREE MINE, TOTAL THICKNESS OF MEASURED SECTION CONTAINING SHALE, LIMESTONE AND PHOSPHATE IS 102 FT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-78 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-MAY-80 Tripp, Bryce T. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 29-OCT-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey

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