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Arickaree Mine

Past Producer in Rich county in Utah, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Selenium
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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. Production statistics
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041743
MRDS ID M057494
MAS/MILS ID 0490330010
Record type Site
Current site name Arickaree Mine
Alternate or previous names Arikaree Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -111.05031, 41.73956 (WGS84)
Elevation 1969
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 12,000 FT NE OF LARSEN 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

BLM Administrative Area(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Rich

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012N 008E 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS W 1/2 N 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Selenium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PHOSPHATE ROCKS HAVE AN OOLITIC TEXTURE . SELENIUM IS FOUND IN THE CARBONACEOUS SHALES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Whitlockite Ore

Analytical data

Result 5' 5" THICK BEDS AVERAGING 70.3% CA3(PO4)2 EQUIVALENCE

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 Mbr Of Phosphoria Formation;Meade Peak Mbr Of Phosphoria Formation;Weber Sandstone;Brazer Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -111.05031, 41.73956
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Woodruff Thrust And Crawford Thrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 32 E
    Dip 50 W
    Thickness 7.01M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.01M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Crawford Mountains Syncline

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE PHOSPHATE BEDS ARE INTERSTRATIFIED WITH SHALE AND LIMESTONE CONTAINING MARINE FAUNA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1897
Year of first production 1907
Production years 1907 - 1909 , 1953 - ?

Mining district

District name Crawford Mountains

Land status

Ownership category Private
Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner San Francisco Chemical Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bradley Estates

Production statistics

  • Year 1920
    Period 1908 To 1920
    Material P
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Over 34 Percent P2o5
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    P2O5 Phosphorus-Phosphates Phosphorus 34wt-pct

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINE WORKED OUT

Comments on the workings information

  • PORTAL CAVED. SEVERAL INCLINED STOPES DRIVEN TO SURFACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    KING, D L, 1967, SAN FRANCISCO CHEM CO: FIFTEENTH ANNUAL FIELD CONF

  • Deposit

    WIDEMAN, F L, 1958, MINING INCLINED BEDS OF PHOSPHATE ROCK SAN FRANCISCO CHEMICAL CO MINES: USBM IC-7849.

  • Deposit

    DASCH,M.D., 1964, ANTIMONY AND OTHER MINOR METALS IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. & MIN. SURV., BULL. 73, P. 143.

  • Deposit

    1909 RECON GALE AND RICHARDS BULL 430

  • Deposit

    1979 RECON TRIPP UGMS

  • Production

    TRIPP, B T, 1980, UT GEOL AND MINERAL SUR ON SITE INVESTIGATION

  • Reserve-Resource

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOUTHERN END OF WORKINGS COVERED BY SIOUX CLAIM ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit THERE ARE TWO LAYERS OF HIGH GRADE OOLITIC PHOSPHATE ROCKS SEPERATED BY A THIN STRIP ( 7 IN ) OF LOW GRADE ROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-78 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-MAY-80 Tripp, Bryce T. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 29-OCT-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey

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