The Lisbon Valley Potash Area is a mine located in San Juan county, Utah at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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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
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 38.19722, -109.20778
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Lisbon Valley Potash Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lisbon Valley Potash Area
Commodity
Tertiary: Potassium
Tertiary: Magnesite
Location
State: Utah
County: San Juan
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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: U.S. Bureau Of Land Management And State
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: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: Canyon Lands
Physiographic Detail: Lisbon Prong - Salt Anticline Region
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Paradox Basin
Type: L
Description: Lisbon Valley Anticline, Also Area Has Several Faults And Some Flowage
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sylvite
Ore: Carnallite
Gangue: Halite
Gangue: Dolomite
Gangue: Anhydrite
Comments
Comment (Location): ALSO PARTS OF T30S, R24E; T29 1/2 S, R24E
Comment (Reserve-Resource): SOME MG ORE IS COULD BE DERIVED FROM CARNALLITE BEDS.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT THICKNESS IS ESTIMATE OF SYLVITE LAYERS 5 , 6 , 9 , AND LOWER LAYERS ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE CONSIDERABLE VARIATION.
References
Reference (Deposit): HITE, R. J., AND LOHMAN, 1973 , GEOLOGIC APPRAISAL OF PARADOX BASIN SALT DEPOSITS FOR WASTE EMPLACEMENT: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): RITZMA, HOWARD R., 1969 , POTASH IN THE SAN JUAN PROJECT AREA, UTAH AND COLORADO: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 24 ( PT. 1 )
Reference (Deposit): HITE, R. J., 1978 , THE GEOLOGY OF THE LISBON VALLEY POTASH DEPOSITS, SAN JUAN COUNTY, UTAH: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT 78 - 148
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