| Deposit ID | 10130431 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB00143 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0490190179 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cane Creek |
| Alternate or previous names | Kane Creek, Jackson Hole, Jackson Bottom |
| Related records | 10097949, 10130111 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.654, 38.52358 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1220 |
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grand(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gold Bar Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Moab(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Moab(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Colorado-Kane Springs(hydrologic unit)
Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Colorado-Dolores(hydrologic subregion)
Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Grand |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 026 S | 020 E | 24 | SE | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Potassium | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anhydrite | Unknown |
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Carnallite | Unknown |
| Dolomite | Unknown |
| Gypsum | Unknown |
| Halite | Unknown |
| Polyhalite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Sylvite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -109.654, 38.52358 |
|---|
| Thickness | 3.4M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length | 227000M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 77000M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 915M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Area | 2590HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Operation type | Leach |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1925 |
| Mining method | Auger Mining - Solution Mining |
| Year of first production | 1965 |
| Plant type | Beneficiation (Mill) |
| Plant subcategory | Flotation |
| Milling method | Flotation |
| District name | Paradox Basin |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Federal Lease |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | State Lease |
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Mixed |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | France |
| Year | 1986 |
| First year | 1986 |
| Last year | 1995 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Texasgulf Inc. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Connecticut |
| Year | 1986 |
| First year | 1986 |
| Last year | 1995 |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1981 | ||||||||||||||
| Measured | 14060000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Demonstrated | 14060000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 14060000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Type of workings | Underground | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0490190179 |
TEXASGULF INC. ANNUAL REPORT, 1980, TEXASGULF CHEMICALS
COMPANY: TEXASGULF INC., 1980, P. 10.
DAMES + MOORE, 1978, INVENTORY AND MARKET ANALYSIS OF THE
POTASH RESOURCES OF THE PARADOX BASIN OF UTAH: DIVISION
OF RESOURCES, U. S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, SALT LAKE
CITY, UTAH 84111, DAMES AND MOORE JOB. NO. 08699-011, 61
P. WITH APPENDICES.
HUSBAND, W. H. W. AND SELIM OZSAHIN, 1967, A COMPARISON OF
THE SOLUTION MINING AND REFINING OF POTASH WITH CONVEN-
TIONAL METHODS IN SASKATCHEWAN: THE CANADIAN MINING AND
METALLURGICAL BULLETIN, MAY 1967, P. 560-567.
HUSBAND, W. H. W., 1973, SOLUTION MINING OF POTASH, IN CUM-
MINS, A. B. AND I. A. GIVEN: SME MINING ENGINEERING
HANDBOOK, SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF AIME, VOL. 2,
P. 21-48.
JACKSON, D., JR., 1973, SOLUTION MINING PUMPS NEW LIFE INTO
CANE CREEK POTASH MINE: E/MJ, JULY 1973, P. 59-69.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE FIRST COMPLETE INTERMOUNTAIN FIELD OPERATION CENTER (IFOC) EVALUATION OF THIS PROPERTY WAS INITIATED DURING DECEMBER 1981 BY IFOC, DENVER, COLORADO 80225. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 02-MAR-95 | Buckingham, David A. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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