| Deposit ID | 10130114 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0490130008 |
| Record type | Deposit |
| Current site name | Western Uinta Range Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Western Uinta Range, Mackentire Draw, Rock Creek Valley, Dry Canyon, Wolf Creek, Franson Canyon |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.10077, 40.51665 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 3000 |
| Location accuracy | 10000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Wasatch(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Soapstone Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Provo(hydrologic unit)
Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)
Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)
Great Basin(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Duchesne |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 003 S | 007 E | 34 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| Uranium | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Apatite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Dolomite | Unknown |
| Feldspar | Unknown |
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Gypsum | Unknown |
| Illite | Unknown |
| Kaolinite | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Montmorillonite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Sphene | Unknown |
| Tourmaline | Unknown |
| Zircon | Unknown |
| Model code | 243 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 34c |
| Deposit model name | Phosphate, upwelling type |
| Ore Body (1) | Weber Sandstone |
|---|
| Thickness | 60M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 50000M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 50M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 50M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 60M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 50000M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 50M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 50M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 2000HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Both |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1914 |
| Mining method | Open Pit |
| Milling method | Washing |
| District name | Western Phosphate |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Other |
|---|
| Ownership category | Mixed |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Government |
| Home office | Dist Of Columbia |
| Year | 1979 |
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1967 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 276700000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type | In-situ | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1967 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 179600000mt ore | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 300HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 300HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Area | 300HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area | 300HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0490130008 |
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FEDERAL LAND STATUS IN THE OVERTHRUST BELT OF IDAHO,
MONTANA, UTAH, AND WYOMING, 1979: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES
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| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THIS MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM EVALUATION WAS DONE AS PART OF A 1980 STUDY OF UTAH AND WYOMING PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS BY THE INTERMOUNTAIN FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER, DENVER, COLORADO. THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE DEPOSIT EXTENDS INTO WASATCH AND SUMMIT COUNTIES. DOMAIN - CLASSIFICATION IS AS FOLLOWS WITH APPROXIMATE PERCENTAGES OF TOTAL OUTCROP AREA IN EACH CATEGORY SHOWN IN PARENTHESES: NATIONAL FOREST LAND (35), POTENTIALLY UNAVAILABLE ROADLESS AREA REVIEW AND EVALUATIION (RARE II) LAND (30), PRIVATE LAND (30), AND UINTAH AND OURAY INDIAN RESERVATION LAND (5). |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 07-MAR-95 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
| Updater | 15-DEC-10 | Causey, J. Douglas | U.S. Geological Survey | Added Model |
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