Cherokee Mine

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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011442
MRDS ID D006304
MAS/MILS ID 0490330012
Record type Site
Current site name Cherokee Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.07356, 41.71382 (WGS84)
Elevation 1920
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 650 FT SW 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Rich

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 011N 008E 07 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Ore

Analytical data

Result 29 PERCENT P2O5

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.07356, 41.71382

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Woodruff Thrust And Crawford Mountain Thrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description Syncline Trending N. 20 E.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 7.01M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.01M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1957

Mining district

District name Crawford Mountains

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MINE WORKED OUT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 10198M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE ADIT DRIVEN TO INTERSECT WEST AND EAST LIMBS OF SYNCLINE; DEVELOPMENT WORK ALONG LIMBS, INTERCEPTS WORKINGS OF EMMA AND TUSCARORA MINES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    KING, D.L. SR., 1967. SAN FRANCISCO CHEM. CO., CRAWFORD MOUNTAINS...: IAG FIFTEENTH ANN. FIELD TRIP.

  • Production

    KING, D.L. SR., 1967. SAN FRANCISCO CHEMICAL CO....IAG FIFTEENTH AM. FIELD TRIP.

  • Reserve-Resource

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

External references