The Cane Creek Mine and Area is a potassium mine located in Grand county, Utah at an elevation of 3,999 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
Elevation: 3,999 Feet (1,219 Meters)
Commodity: Potassium
Lat, Long: 38.5225, -109.65778
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Cane Creek Mine and Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cane Creek Mine and Area
Commodity
Primary: Potassium
Tertiary: Magnesite
Location
State: Utah
County: Grand
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: Texas Gulf Sulphur
Production
Year: 1974
Material type: K
Description: Ap_Grade: ^21 %
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1964
Discovery Year: 1953
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Paradox Basin
Type: L
Description: Cane Creek Anticline
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
Gangue: Halite
Gangue: Anhydrite
Gangue: Dolomite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): MG ORE WOULD BE DERIVED FROM CARNALITE DEPOSITS
Comment (Deposit): THICKNESS INCLUDES SYLVITE LAYERS 5 , 6 , 9 , 13 , AND AN ESTIMATES OF DEEPER LAYERS. PRESENT OPERATION IS IN SYLVITE 5 ONLY
Comment (Workings): OPERATION IS BY SOLUTION MINING THROUGH OLD MINE WORKINGS IN SYLVITE 5 . POTASH SOLUTIONS ARE PUMPED TO SURFACE TO SOLAR EVAPORATION PONDS.
Comment (Location): DEPOSIT ALSO INCLUDES DEAD HORSE STATE PARK. ALSO INCLUDES NW PART OF T27S, R20E; SW PART OF T27S, R21E; INCLUDES MOST OF T26S, R20E
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 MIN SURVEY SPECIAL STUDIES 24 ( PT. 1 )
Reference (Deposit): CURFMAN, R.L., 1974, SOLUTION MINING PROJECT: MINING CONGRESS JOURNAL, MARCH 1974.
Reference (Production): STOWE, CARLTON, 1976 , UTAH MINERAL INDUSTRY 1975 : UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY SURVEY NOTES, AUGUST.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MCCARTHY, B. M., 1978 ,
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