| Deposit ID | 10097949 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DB00143 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Cane Creek Mine and Area |
| Related records | 10130111, 10130431 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -109.65848, 38.52248 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1219 |
| Relative position | PLANT IS APPROXIMATELY 6.6 MILES SW OF MOAB |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grand(county)
Utah(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Gold Bar Canyon(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
BLM Administrative Area(land status)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Utah | Grand |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake | 026S;027S | 020E;020E | 24,25,36,01,02,03 | Utah |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Potassium | Primary |
| Magnesite | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Anhydrite | Gangue |
| Dolomite | Gangue |
| Halite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale | ||||
| |||||
| 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 |
| (1) | -109.65848, 38.52248 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Paradox Basin |
| Type of structure | Local |
| Structure description | Cane Creek Anticline |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 19.81M |
| Length | 16093M |
| Width | 14966.49M |
| Depth to top | 762M |
| Depth to bottom | 1371.6M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Both |
| Deposit size | Large |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1953 |
| Discoverer | Delhi Oil Corp. |
| Year of first production | 1964 |
| Ownership category | BLM Administrative Area |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Texas Gulf Sulphur |
| Year | 1974 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | K | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^21 % | ||||||||||||||
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| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1978 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 952000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DB00143 |
RITZMA, HOWARD R., 1969 , POTASH IN THE SAN JUAN PROJECT AREA, UTAH AND COLORADO: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 24 ( PT. 1 )
CURFMAN, R.L., 1974, SOLUTION MINING PROJECT: MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, MARCH 1974.
STOWE, CARLTON, 1976 , UTAH MINERAL INDUSTRY 1975 : UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY SURVEY NOTES, AUGUST.
MCCARTHY, B. M., 1978 ,
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THICKNESS INCLUDES SYLVITE LAYERS 5 , 6 , 9 , 13 , AND AN ESTIMATES OF DEEPER LAYERS. PRESENT OPERATION IS IN SYLVITE 5 ONLY |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-1978 | Mc Carthy, Blair M. | Bureau of Land Management |
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