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Frank 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10087336
MRDS ID D006305
Record type Site
Current site name Frank Mine
Related records 10154712

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.08356, 41.68326 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 2000 FT W 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 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Ore

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

(1) -111.08356, 41.68326
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Woodruff Thrust And Crawford Thrust.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N26E
    Dip 50SE
    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

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crawford Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner San Francisco Chemical Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cheney, Alger

Comments on the production information

  • NO PROD. FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINE WORKED OUT

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINE SHAFT TRENDS N.65W. AND PLUNGES 50W.; ADIT TRENDS N.65W TO INTERSECT VEIN STRIKING N.26E.; SERIES OF 5 PROSPECT PITS AND 1 SHAFT TO REACH VEIN FROM ABOVE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Reserve-Resource

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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