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Uinta Mountains, Crawford Mountains, Wasatch Range

Past Producer in Duchesne county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, Vanadium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Mineral occurrence model information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000657
MRDS ID ISM0345
Record type District
Current site name Uinta Mountains, Crawford Mountains, Wasatch Range
Alternate or previous names Vernal, Utah Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.16744, 40.62915 (WGS84)
Relative position 1:1,000,000 SCALE MAP LOCATION IS UINTA MTS. (VERNAL MINE)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Duchesne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bollie Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kings Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Duchesne(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ashley National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Duchesne

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 243
USGS model code 34c
Deposit model name Phosphate, upwelling type

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite
    Rock unit name Phosphoria Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.16744, 40.62915
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description CHERT, BLACK SHALE, PHOSPHORITE FACIES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1889
Year of first production 1907

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner CHEVRON CHEMICAL CO.
  • Type Operator
    Owner CHEVRON CHEMICAL CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CATHCART, J.B., SHELDON, R.P., GULBRANDSEN, R.P., 1983: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 888

  • Deposit

    STOWASSER, N.F., 1982: PHOSPHATE ROCK, 1981, U.S. BUREAU OF MINE NATURAL, ANNUAL YEARBOOK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Updater 11-JAN-11 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey No original reporter. Minor updates of information

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

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