Rock Springs Phos-Acid Plant (Facility)

Plant in Sweetwater county in Wyoming, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Ownership information
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10133521
MAS/MILS ID 0560378801
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Springs Phos-Acid Plant (Facility)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.15352, 41.54165 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sweetwater(county)

Wyoming(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Rock Springs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bitter(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Wyoming Sweetwater

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.15352, 41.54165

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1986
Year of first production 1986
Plant type Acid Plant

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. R Simplot
    Interest 50
    Home office Utah
    Year 1994
    First year 1994
    Last year 1995
  • Type Owner
    Owner Farmland Industries, Inc.
    Interest 50
    Home office Missouri
    Year 1994
    First year 1994
  • Type Operator
    Owner Sf Phosphates, Ltd. Co.
    Home office Utah
    Year 1994
    First year 1994

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-OCT-1996 Fantel, Richard J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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