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Sioux Claim

Occurrence 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092640
MRDS ID M057496
Record type Site
Current site name Sioux Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.05328, 41.73576 (WGS84)
Elevation 2006
Relative position 0.3 MILES WEST OF THE UTAH-WYOMING BORDER

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 012N 008E 32 Utah

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 MAX OF 79.7 % CA3(PO4)2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.05328, 41.73576
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Crawford Mountain

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT WORKINGS UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GALE, H. S., AND RICHARDS, R. W., PHOSPHATES: USGS BULL 430 - H, P.518 , 1910

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT SIMILAR TO ARIKAREE MINE, THE THICKNESS OF INTERBEDDED SHALE, LIMESTONE, AND PHOSPHATE BEDS ARE 15 FT, 11 IN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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