Wheat Grass Canyon

The Wheat Grass Canyon is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Weber county, Utah at an elevation of 5,951 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Wheat Grass Canyon

State: Utah

County: Weber

Elevation: 5,951 Feet (1,814 Meters)

Commodity: Phosphorus-Phosphates

Lat, Long: 41.31833, -111.56861

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Wheat Grass Canyon MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Wheat Grass Canyon

Commodity

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Chromium

Location

State: Utah
County: Weber
District: Causey Dam Area

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Wasatch Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Form: BLANKET

Structure

Type: L
Description: A Few Nw-Tremding Faults (Normal), Lenticular Beds

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Mississippian

Name: Mudstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Mississippian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: BASAL SAMPLE 22.1% P2O5

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Comment (Deposit): PHOSPHATIC ZONE 4-15 FT. THICK

Comment (Workings): NO DEVELOPMENT

Comment (Commodity): PHOSPHATE ROCK CONTAINS TRACES OF VANADIUM AND CHROMIUM

References

Reference (Deposit): SCHELL, E.M. AND GERE, W.C., 1964, PRELIMINARY REPORTON THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITE IN DRY BREAD HOLLOW: U.S. GEOL. SURV. OF REPT.

Reference (Deposit): MULLENS, T.E., 1969, GEOL. MAP OF CAUSEY DAM QUAD, WEBER CO., UTAH: U.S. GEOL. SURV. GQ-790

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MULLENS, T.E., 1969

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