Rex Peak Mines

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10300972
MRDS ID D006301
MAS/MILS ID 0490330003
Record type Site
Current site name Rex Peak Mines
Alternate or previous names Crawford Mountains Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -111.09688, 41.65743 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Rich

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011 N 007 E 36 NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Whitlockite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite
    Rock unit name Park City Formation

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -111.09688, 41.65743

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form Bedded

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease

Land status

Ownership category State Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    OWNER-OP: STAUFFER CHEMICAL COMPANY, USBM Production tables

  • Deposit

    MESA MET-NONMET MINE FILE REF

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS INC, 1974, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF UT & CO: UGMS BUL 101

  • Deposit

    TRIPP BT., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION, UT GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    Gale, H.S., and Richards, R.W., Phosphates: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 430-H, p. 520.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-NOV-83 Tripp, Bryce T. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 29-OCT-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.