Tuscarora Mine

Past Producer in Rich county in Utah, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087326
MRDS ID D006281
MAS/MILS ID 0490330032
Record type Site
Current site name Tuscarora Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.063, 41.71965 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 3200 FT. N.E. OF LARSEN 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

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Rich

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011N 008E 05 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SE 1/4 SW 1/4
  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.063, 41.71965

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Woodruff Thrust And Crawford Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip N 20 E
    Plunge 60 W
    Thickness 7.01M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.01M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Crawford Mt. Syncline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1897
Year of first production 1954

Mining district

District name Crawford Mountains

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private
Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner San Francisco Chemical Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bradley Estates

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • ORIGINAL TUNNEL DRIVEN SOUTH ON EAST LIMB OF SYNCLINE ACROSS FROM THE EMMA MINE. THE PROPERTY WAS LATER OPEN CUT TO MAXIMIZE ORE RECOVERY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    KING, D.L., 1967, SAN FRANCISCO CHEM. CO.: IAG FIFTEENTH ANN. FIELD CONF.

  • Deposit

    WIDEMAN, F.L., 1958, MINING INCLINED BEDS OF PHOSPHATE ROCK, SAN FRANCISCO CHEM. CO. MINES: U.S.B.M. IC 7849

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINER. SUR.

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980. ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEO. AND MINER. SUR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-80 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management
Updater 29-OCT-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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