The Arickaree Mine is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Rich county, Utah at an elevation of 6,460 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 6,460 Feet (1,969 Meters)
Commodity: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Lat, Long: 41.73956, -111.05031
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Arickaree Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Arickaree Mine
Secondary: Arikaree Mine
Commodity
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Selenium
Location
State: Utah
County: Rich
District: Crawford Mountains
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Bradley Estates
Owner Name: San Francisco Chemical Co.
Production
Year: 1920
Time Period: 1908 To 1920
Material type: P
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Over 34 Percent P2o5
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Bedded - Phosphate
Operation Type: Surface
Year First Production: 1907
Discovery Year: 1897
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Crawford Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Woodruff Thrust And Crawford Thrust
Type: L
Description: Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 5' 5" THICK BEDS AVERAGING 70.3% CA3(PO4)2 EQUIVALENCE
Materials
Ore: Whitlockite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MINE WORKED OUT
Comment (Commodity): PHOSPHATE ROCKS HAVE AN OOLITIC TEXTURE . SELENIUM IS FOUND IN THE CARBONACEOUS SHALES.
Comment (Location): SECTION SUBDIVISIONS W 1/2 N 1/2
Comment (Deposit): THERE ARE TWO LAYERS OF HIGH GRADE OOLITIC PHOSPHATE ROCKS SEPERATED BY A THIN STRIP ( 7 IN ) OF LOW GRADE ROCK
Comment (Workings): PORTAL CAVED. SEVERAL INCLINED STOPES DRIVEN TO SURFACE
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THE PHOSPHATE BEDS ARE INTERSTRATIFIED WITH SHALE AND LIMESTONE CONTAINING MARINE FAUNA
Comment (Deposit): SOUTHERN END OF WORKINGS COVERED BY SIOUX CLAIM ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): TRIPP, B T, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MINERAL SURVEY.
Reference (Deposit): KING, D L, 1967, SAN FRANCISCO CHEM CO: FIFTEENTH ANNUAL FIELD CONF
Reference (Deposit): WIDEMAN, F L, 1958, MINING INCLINED BEDS OF PHOSPHATE ROCK SAN FRANCISCO CHEMICAL CO MINES: USBM IC-7849.
Reference (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.
Reference (Deposit): 1909 RECON GALE AND RICHARDS BULL 430
Reference (Deposit): 1979 RECON TRIPP UGMS
Reference (Production): TRIPP, B T, 1980, UT GEOL AND MINERAL SUR ON SITE INVESTIGATION
Reference (Reserve-Resource): TRIPP, B T, 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL AND MINER SUR
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