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Ten Mile Potash Deposit

Occurrence in Grand county in Utah, United States with commodities Potassium, Magnesite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015126
MRDS ID DB00172
Record type Site
Current site name Ten Mile Potash Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.81682, 38.68331 (WGS84)
Elevation 1512
Relative position POINT LOCATION IS 4.4 MILES WNW OF MERIMAC BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grand(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jug Rock(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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management UT)

Bureau of Land Management UT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Grand

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 024S;024S 018E;019E Utah

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT COVERS ALL OF T 25 S, R 19 E, SECS 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 12 OF T 25 S, R 19 E, SECS. 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 16 , 15 T 25 S, R 20 E; SECS. 7 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , T 24 S, R 20 E; SECS. 1 , 2 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 20 , 21 , 22, 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 34 , 35 , 36 , T 24 S, R 18 E; AND SECS 4 , 5 , 8 , 9 , 16 , 17 , 21 , 28 , 32 , 33 OF T 23 S, R 19 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Potassium Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Carnallite Ore
Sylvite Ore
Anhydrite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue
Halite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Salt
    Rock unit name Paradox Member Of Hermosa Formation
    Rock description Paradox Mbr Of Hermosa Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.81682, 38.68331
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paradox Basin

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 26231.59M
    Width 20116.25M
    Depth to top 1524M
    Depth to bottom 2980.94M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Buttes Gas And Oil

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • DEPOSIT COVERS LARGE AREA, RESOURCES ARE GEOLOGIC. MG ORE WOULD COME FROM CARNALITE DEPOSITS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DRILLING WILL START ON THIS DEPOSIT TO DETERMINE EXTENT OF POTASH: POTASH IS AT DIFFERENT HORIZONS INCLUDING SYLVITE 5 , 6 , 9 , 13 , 16 , 18 , AND 19 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1978 Mc Carthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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