Mandan Mine

Past Producer in Rich county in Utah, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Selenium
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097277
MRDS ID M057495
MAS/MILS ID 0490330024
Record type Site
Current site name Mandan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -111.05358, 41.74387 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position 12000 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Rich

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 012N 008E 32,33 Utah

Comments on the location information

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

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 25' 7" AVERAGING 60% CA3 (PO4)2 EQUIVALENT

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

Pit (1) -111.05358, 41.74387

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Woodruff Thrust And Crawford Thrust
Type of structure Local
Structure description On The West Side Of A Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 24 E
    Dip 81 W
    Thickness 7.01M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 7.01M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Crawford Mountain Syncline

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Crawford Mts.

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

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

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION DUE TO LOW GRADE OF ORE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • PORTAL CAVED. TUNNEL DRIVEN SOUTH ALONG WEST LIMB OF SYNCLINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: GALE, H.S. AND RICHARDS, 1909, CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECON. GEOL. U.S.G.S. BULL. 430.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RICHARDSON, G. B., GEOL. AND MIN. RES. OF THE RANDOLPH QUAD, UTAH-WYOMING: USGS BULL 923 , 1941 , P. 45

  • Deposit

    WIDEMAN, F.L., 1958 , MINING INCLINE BEDS OF PHOSPHATE ROCK: USBM INF. CIRC 7849 , P. 21

  • Deposit

    CHENEY, T.M., AND OTHERS, 1953 , STRATIG SECT OF THE PHOSPHORIA FM: USGS CIRC 306 , P. 7 - 11

  • Deposit

    5) 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 U.G.M.S.

  • Production

    WIDEMAN, F.L., 1958, MINING INCLINED BEDS OF PHOSPHATE ROCK: U.S.B.M. RI 7849

  • Reserve-Resource

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT SIMILAR TO ARIKAREE MINE, THE THICKNESS OF THE INTERBEDDED SHALE, LIMESTONE, AND PHOSPHATE ROCK IS 25 FT 7 IN.

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

Beyond USGS

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