| Deposit ID | 10080548 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W031828 |
| Record type | Site |
| Mineralized Area | BLM Known Sodium Leasing Area (KSLA) |
| Current site name | General Chemical Corp. Trona Mine and Plant |
| Alternate or previous names | General Chemical Corp. Mine, Green River Facility (General Chemical), Green River Allied Mine, General Chemical Green River Facility, Alchem Trona Mine, Allied Trona, Allied Chemical Corp. Mine, Tata Chemicals North America (formerly General Chemical Industrial Products Inc.) |
| Included sites | Green River Trona District |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.75488, 41.59168 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | Location is for main plant buildings close to the 1600 ft. hoist. Actual underground extent covers about 36 sq. miles and extends more than 9 miles north to south and 6 miles east to west. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sweetwater(county)
Wyoming(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Little America(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Blacks Fork(hydrologic unit)
Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Wyoming | Sweetwater |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th Principal | 019N | 109W | 29-33 | Wyoming | |
| 6th Principal | 018N | 109W | Wyoming |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sodium | Primary |
| Oil Shale | Tertiary |
| Halite | Tertiary |
| Sodium Carbonate | Primary |
| Soda Ash | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Trona | Ore |
| Shortite | Gangue |
| Calcite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Gaylussite | Gangue |
| Nahcolite | Gangue |
| Halite | Unknown |
| Oil Shale | Unknown |
| Model code | 263 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | Unassigned |
| Deposit model name | Bedded sodium carbonate |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite | ||
| Rock unit name | Green River, Wilkins Peak Member: Trona And Evaporite Bearing Strata | ||
| Rock description | Green River, Wilkins Peak Member: Trona And Evaporite Bearing Strata | ||
| |||
| Main Entrance (1) | -109.75488, 41.59168 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Rock Springs Uplift, East Of Trona Area, Stratigraphic High During Much Of Green River Fm. Depositional Period. It Created A Barrier Restricting Water Circulation And Aiding Evaporite Precipitation. |
| Type of structure | Regional |
| Structure description | Basin And Range Province; Green River Basin; East Of Overthrust Belt, South Of Wind River Mts. |
| Name | General Chemical, bed 17 |
|---|---|
| General form | TABULAR: BLANKET |
| Thickness | 4.57M |
| Depth to bottom | 487.68M |
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Producer |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1938 |
| Discoverer | Mountain Fuel Supply Co. |
| Plant type | Refiner |
| Plant subcategory | Calcination/Dead Burn |
| Production years | current as of 2009 |
| District name | Green River Basin |
|---|---|
| District name | Green River Trona District |
| Type of mineral rights | Federal Lease |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | State Lease |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Allied Chemical Corp. |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | General Chemical |
| Interest | 75 |
| Home office | General Chemical Industrial Products 120 Eagle Rock Avenue East Hanover, New Jersey 07936 (800) 819-8568 General Chemical Partners 20 mi west of Green River |
| Year | 2009 |
| First year | 1968 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Tata Chemicals North America (formerly General Chemical Industrial Products Inc.) |
| Interest | 75 |
| Home office | 100 Enterprise Drive Suite 701 Rockaway, NJ 07866 973 599 5500 Email: info@tatachemicals.com Website: www.tatachemicals.com/north-america/ |
| Year | 2012 |
| First year | 2008 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Owens Illinois |
| Interest | 25 |
| Home office | Regional Headquarters One Michael Owens Way Perrysburg, Ohio, 43551 glass@o-i.com |
| Year | 2012 |
| Type | Joint Venture Partner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Church & Dwight |
| Year | 2008 |
| Year | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Material | More than 4 million tons-per-year of trona are mined. |
| Accuracy | Estimate |
| Year | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Period | 1968- 2008 |
| Material | [per Mac Richardson, Mine Engineering Superintendant, General Chemical, email communication 11/9/09] |
| Accuracy | Accurate |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Name of workings | General Chemical |
| Overall depth | 487.68M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W031828 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W700625 | =newMRDS 10085096, merged and deleted. |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560370516 | =newMRDS 10181634, merged and deleted. |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560370026 | =newMRDS 10230625, merged and deleted. |
| Mine Safety and Health Administration | MSHA | MSHA | 4800155 | 560370026 |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 560370031 | = newMRDS 10157142, merged and deleted |
USBM MINERALS YEARBOOK 1978-1979.
PARKER, R.B., 1971, ed., CONTRIBUTIONS TO GEOLOGY, TRONA ISSUE, UNIV. OF WYOMING, V. 10, N. 1.
MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 45.
http://www.genchem.com/the-green-river-facility.asp [last accessed 09-NOV-2009] and http://www.genchem.com/pdf/Green%20River%20Soda%20Ash%20Facility.pdf [last accessed 07-jun-2010]
Dyni, J.R., and Jones, R.W., eds., 1998, Proceedings of the First International Soda Ash Converence, vol. II: Wyoming State Geological Survey Public Information Circular 40, 215 p.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| General | 3 merged and deleted records contained references as follows: 10230625 (0560370026) reported by IFOC 23-nov-1983: CAMERON ENGINEERS-WYO MINERAL IND REVIEW & FORECAST, 1969 REVISED BY MILS 10-79 10085096 (w700625) reported by Beougher, 1-AUG-1989: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 45 ORE PRODUCTION CAPACITY GREATER THAN 4,500,000 TONNES/YEAR. [per Mac Richardson, Mine Engineering Superintendant, General Chemical, email communication 11/9/09. Changed from 3,000,000 tonnes/year to 4,500,000] 10181634 (0560370516) reported by SDSM 23-nov-1983: WYO GEOL SURV OPEN FILES |
| Deposit | WILKINS PEAK MEMBER OF THE GREEN RIVER FM. HAS OVER 25 EXTENSIVE TRONA BEDS RANGING UP TO 37 FEET THICK AND COVERING AN AREA UP TO 850 SQ. MILES. ELEVEN BEDS ARE OVER 6 FT THICK. A TOTAL OF 50 BILLION TONS OF TRONA ARE ESTIMATED FOR THE AREA. |
| Deposit | PARKER, ET AL, 1971, (REF. 2) GIVES A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT OF THE GENESIS OF THE GREEN RIVER TRONA DEPOSITS, INCLUDING THE GEOCHEMISTRY, MINERALOGY, PALEOENVIRONMENT, AND THE MINING OF TRONA. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 1982-05-01 | Sutphin, David M. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 1983-11-23 | South Dakota School of Mines | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Reporter | 1983-11-23 | Intermountain Field Operations Center (IFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Reporter | 1989-08-01 | Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Editor | 2009-04-03 | Wilson, Anna B. | U.S. Geological Survey | revised 6/6/10 |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
| Status | Active since 02/18/1982 |
|---|---|
| MSHA mine ID | 4800155 |
| Mine name (MSHA) | Tata Chemicals Mine |
| Current operator | Tata Chemicals (Soda Ash) Partners LLC |
| Current controller (parent) | Tata Chemicals Ltd |
| Mine type | Underground (Metal / non-metal) |
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