Tunp Range Combined

Site Name

Primary: Tunp Range Combined
Secondary: Tunp
Secondary: Tump Range
Secondary: Tunp Range #1
Secondary: Tunp Range #2
Secondary: Tunp Range #3
Secondary: Tunp Range #4

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Commodity

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Water, Free

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Location

State: Wyoming
County: Lincoln
District: Western Phosphate

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Land Status

Land ownership: Mixed
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.

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Holdings

Type: Other

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Workings

Type: Underground

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Ownership

Owner Name: State Of Wyoming
Percent: 10.00
Home Office: Wyoming
Info Year: 1979

Owner Name: U.S. Government
Percent: 90.00
Home Office: Dist Of Columbia
Info Year: 1979

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Production

Not available

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Deposit

Record Type: Deposit
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Washing
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

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Physiography

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

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Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Phosphate, upwelling type

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Orebody

Not available

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Structure

Not available

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Alterations

Not available

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Rocks

Not available

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Analytical Data

Not available

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Materials

Unknown: Zircon
Unknown: Kaolinite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Montmorillonite
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Sphene
Unknown: Tourmaline
Unknown: Apatite
Unknown: Calcite
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Feldspar
Unknown: Fluorite
Unknown: Illite
Unknown: Gypsum

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Comments

Comment (Production): RECOVERIES IN THE YIELD DATA SET FOR TWO-PRODUCT MILLS ARE CALCULATED FROM THE TOTAL FEED TO THE MILL AND ARE NOT ACTUAL RECOVERIES WITHIN EACH ORE STREAM. WITHIN-ORE-STREAM RECOVERIES FOR TWO-PRODUCT MILLS PROPOSED IN THIS EVALUATION ARE 90.0 PERCENT FOR MILL K1, D1 & D2 & 92.0 PERCENT FOR K2, D1&D2. EXACT RECOVERIES USED IN CALCULATING PRODUCT OUTPUT TONNAGES FOR TWO PRODUCT MILLS PROPOSED IN THIS EVALUATION ARE 39.4440 PERCENT FOR PRODUCT A, DEV SCH 1&2; 50.5560 % FOR PRODUCT F,DEV SCH 1&2;40.9479 PERCENT FOR PRODUCT B DEV SCH 1&2; 51.0521 PERCENT FOR PRODUCT G, DEV SCH1&2;

Comment (Geology): THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IS SUBDIVIDED INTO FIVE MEMBERS BY MCKELVEY (BIBLIOGRAPHY REF. L010), TWO OF WHICH (THE MEADE PEAK AND RETORT MEMBERS) CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS. IN UTAH AND SOUTHWESTERN WYOMING, THE MEADE PEAK MEMBER, AND IN CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN WYOMING, THE RETORT MEMBER CONTAIN THE DEPOSITS OF POTENTIAL INTEREST. THE PARK CITY FORMATION OF UTAH AND CENTRAL WYOMING AND THE SHEDHORN SANDSTONE OF NORTHWESTERN WYOMING ARE STRATIGRAPHIC EQUIVALENTS OF AND INTERTONGUE WITH THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION. THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION AND EQUIVALENT FORMATIONS ARE UNDERLAIN BY EITHER THE TENSLEEP SANDSTONE, WEBER QUARTZITE, WELLS FORMATION, OR DIAMOND CREEK SANDSTONE AND ARE OVERLAIN BY EITHER THE WOODSIDE OR DINWOODY FORMATIONS.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESERVE RECORDS 1, 2, AND 3 CONSIST OF ABOVE ENTRY LEVEL RESOURCES IN THE BASIN CREEK AREA. RESERVE RECORDS 4, 5, AND 6 CONSIST OF ABOVE ENTRY LEVEL RESOURCES IN THE PINE CREEK AND SUBLETTE CREEK DRAINAGES.

Comment (Ownership): PHOSPHATE LANDS MAY BE LEASED FROM THE STATE OF WYOMING OR FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, EXCEPT POSSIBLY FOR THE LAND IN THE TWO BLM ROADLESS AREAS.

Comment (Production): PRODUCTS A,B,C,D, AND E, WHERE PROPOSED IN THIS EVALUATION, ARE ACID GRADE PRODUCTS, AND PRODUCTS F,G,H,I, AND J, ARE FURNACE GRADE PRODUCTS. NOT ALL OF THESE PRODUCTS ARE USED IN THIS EVALUATION.

Comment (Deposit): DOMAIN - THE OUTCROP AREAS ARE DISTRIBUTED FAIRLY EVENLY AMONG STATE LANDS, PUBLIC LANDS ADMINISTERED BY THE U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, AND NATIONAL FORESTS, WITH ABOUT 10 PERCENT OF THE OUTCROP AREA FALLING WITHIN TWO BLM ROADLESS AREAS. MINERAL HOLDINGS - MINERAL RIGHTS ON ABOUT 90 PERCENT OF THE OUTCROP AREA ARE HELD BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH THE REMAINDER HELD BY THE STATE OF WYOMING. ABBREVIATION FOR MINING DISTRICT: WEST. PHOSPHATE = WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD.

Comment (Production): THE EXACT DATE OF DISCOVERY IS NOT KNOWN, BUT WAS AROUND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY. EXPLORATION HAS OCCURRED SPORADICALLY, BUT THE EXACT DATES ARE UNKNOWN.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): PROPERTY HAS BEEN SPLIT INTO 4 SEPARATE DEPOSITS FOR SUPPLY ANALYSIS WITH SEQUENCE NOS. 0560230178, 0560230179, 0560230180, AND 0560230181 RESPECTIVELY NAMED TUNP RANGE NO 1, TUNP RANGE NO 2, TUNP RANGE NO 3, AND TUNP RANGE NO 4. REFER TO THESE SPECIFIC DEPOSITS FOR THEIR INDENTIFIED RESERVES AND OPERATING DATA. [A.B. Wilson, 8-feb-2010 deleted these 4 duplicate records from the database. There was no information specific to these deposits in those 4 records].

Comment (Deposit): THIS MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM EVALUATION WAS DONE AS PART OF A 1980 STUDY OF UTAH AND WYOMING PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS BY THE INTERMOUNTAIN FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER, DENVER, COLORADO.

Comment (Economic Factors): Mining and beneficiation costs for each proposed operation were obtained by applying one of 34 basic mine models and 5 basic mill models developed for evaluating Utah and Wyoming phosphate deposits. Site-specific cost adjustments were made for land acquisition, infrastructure, unusual haulage distance to mill, the presence of multiple beds requiring mining of waste, and mill feed grade and recovery. All costs are in January 1980 dollars. The schedule of costs is based on the assumption that each proposed operation will be independently developed as soon as technically possible after the official January 1979 base date for the current phosphate study. Thus, land acquisition, exploration, and infrastructure capital costs are assumed to begin in 1979. Mine and mill capital costs include a contingency allowance of 15 percent of all other capital costs except working capital. Mine and mill working capital is estimated at 60 days of operating cost. A Bureau costing manual (bibliography data set ref. I030) was used to estimate surface and underground mine exploration, development, reclamation, plant, and equipment capital costs; underground mine operating costs; capital and operating costs for the calcining-hydration mill (if used) and for the flotation sections of other mills; costs of transporting products from proposed mills to existing final processing plants; and access road construction cost. Surface mine operating costs are size-scaled, using scaling factors from Bennett (bibliography data set ref. I001), and others (U.S. office of audit and investigation) for Idaho phosphate mines in 1976 and 1977. Infrastructure capital costs assigned to each proposed mine consist of only those railroad, transmission line, and access road costs which are needed for development of each mine. Railroad cost is estimated by the Richardson rapid construction cost estimating system (bibliography data set ref. I020). Transmission line cost is estimated from typical industry costs (A.W. Watts, 1980, Water and Power Resources Services, personal communication). Access road costs are estimated by using the capital and operating cost estimating handbook (bibliography data set ref. I030). Land acquisition costs are based on typical competitive bids for leases in southeastern Idaho, adjusted for specific deposit grade and thickness. Lease rentals and royalties are based on current rates for federal leases in the western phosphate field. Capital and operating costs for all mills, excepting the calcination-hydration mill (if used) and flotation sections of other mills, are size-scaled, using scaling factors from Bennett (bibliography data set ref. I001), from costs given for a sizing and calcining mill described by de Voto, et al. (bibliography data set ref. R030), vol. 2, appendix d. Site-specific cost adjustments for mill feed grade and recovery are made, using relative cost factors calculated from average cost and recovery curves for altered and unaltered ores (bibliography data set ref. I010).

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References

Reference (Reserve-Resource): DE VOTO, R. H., AND STEVENS, D. N., ED., 1979, URANIFEROUS PHOSPHATE RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS OF URANIUM RECOVERY FROM PHOSPHATE RESOURCES, UNITED STATES AND FREE WORLD: SUBCONTRACT 78-177-S TO DEPT. OF ENERGY CONTRACT 50-54-5903 (BENDIX FIELD ENG. CORP.) BY EARTH SCIENCES INC., 1396 P. PLUS PLATES.

Reference (Geology): MCKELVEY, V. E., 1959, THE PHOSPHORIA, PARK CITY, AND SHEDHORN FORMATIONS IN THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 313-A, P. 1-47, 3 PLATES.

Reference (Ownership): U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1978, STATE OF WYOMING LAND STATUS: U.S. BUR. OF LAND MANAGEMENT MAP, 1:500,000-SCALE, 1 SHEET.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): COFFMAN, J. S., AND SERVICE, A. L., 1967, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES - PART 4, WYOMING AND UTAH: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 6934, 158 P.

Reference (Geology): GULBRANDSEN, R. A., 1967, SOME COMPOSITIONAL FEATURES OF PHOSPHORITES OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION, IN INTERMOUNTAIN ASSOC. OF GEOL. 15TH ANN. FIELD CONF., P. 99-102.

Reference (Geology): MCKELVEY, V. E., 1946, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON STRATIGRAPHY OF THE PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN WESTERN WYOMING, SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO, AND NORTHERN UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY UNPUB. REPT., 162 P. OBTAINED FROM U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPT. OF CONSERV. OFFICE IN ROCK SPRINGS, WYO.

Reference (Reference): HARRIS, R. A., DAVIDSON, D. F., AND ARNOLD, B. P., 1954, BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GEOLOGY OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1018, 89 P.

Reference (Geology): RUBEY, W. R., ORIEL, S. S., AND TRACEY, J. I., JR., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE SAGE AND KEMMERER 15-MINUTE QUADRANGLES, LINCOLN COUNTY, WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 855, 18 P., 2 PLATES.

Reference (Deposit): CLABAUGH, P. S., 1946, PERMIAN PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF MONTANA, IDAHO, WYOMING, AND UTAH: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STRATEGIC MINER. INV. PRELIM. MAP 3-198, 1 SHEET.

Reference (Geology): SHELDON, R. P., CRESSMAN, E. R., CARSWELL, L. D., SMART, R. A., 1954, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN WYOMING, 1952: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 325, 24 P.

Reference (Production): EBERL, E., 1970, BENEFICIATION OF CALCIUM PHOSPHATE BY CALCINATION, THE MATERIAL BALANCE: RUDARSKO - METALURSKI ZBORNIK, NO. 2-3, 1970, P. 275-283.

Reference (Geology): RUBEY, W. W., ORIEL, S. S., AND TRACEY, J. I., JR., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE COKEVILLE 30-MINUTE QUADRANGLE, LINCOLN AND SUBLETTE COUNTIES, WYOMING: U.S. GEOL. SURVEY OPEN FILE REPT. 76-597, 1 PLATE.

Reference (Production): GOOD, P. C., 1976, BENEFICIATION OF UNWEATHERED INDIAN CALCAREOUS PHOSPHATE ROCK BY CALCINATION AND HYDRATION: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 8154, 17 P.

Reference (Production): DUNCAN, W. E., AND FISK, H. G., 1957, CENTRAL WYOMING PHOSPHATE ROCK - CHARACTER, PROCESSING, AND ECONOMICS: UNIV. OF WYO. NAT. RES. RESEARCH INST. BULL. 6, 60 P.

Reference (Production): NEUBERGER, R., 1968, PHOSPHATE ROCK CALCINATION IN ISRAEL: PHOSPHORUS AND POTASSIUM, NO. 35, MAY/JUNE 1968, P. 11-21.

Reference (Geology): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 1955, PRESTON, IDAHO; WYOMING, 1-DEGREE BY 2-DEGREE TOPOGRAPHIC MAP: U.S. GEOL. SURVEY, 1:250,000-SCALE MAP, 1 SHEET.

Reference (Production): GOKHALE, K. V. G. K., RAO, T. C., AND BISWAS, A. K., 1975, BENEFICIATION STUDIES ON A HIMALAYAN LEAN PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT WITH CALCAREOUS GANGUE, IN SEMINAR ON BENEFICIATION OF LEAN PHOSPHATE WITH CARBONATE GANGUE, 11TH INTERNAT. MINERALS PROCESSING CONGRESS, KAGLIARI, ITALY, APRIL 23-24, 1975, P. 53-54.

Reference (Production): RULE, A. R., KIRBY, D. E., AND DAHLIN, D. C., 1978, RECENT ADVANCES IN BENEFICIATION OF WESTERN PHOSPHATES: MIN. ENG., JAN. 1978, P. 37-40.

Reference (Production): RULE, A. R., KIRBY, D. E., AND DAHLIN, D. C., 1977, RECENT ADVANCES IN BENEFICIATION OF WESTERN PHOSPHATES, PAPER PRESENTED AT S.M.E. FALL MEETING AND EXHIBIT, ST. LOUIS MO., OCT. 19-21, 1977, 17 P.

Reference (Deposit): GARRAND CORPORATION, 1975 (?), PHOSPHATE RESERVES OF SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO: U.S. DEPT. OF AGR. CONTRACT NO. 50-820, 1102 P.

Reference (Production): RULE, A. R., DAHLIN, D. C., AND FERGUS, A. J., 1978, FLOTATION OF CARBONATE AND SILICATE MINERALS FROM PARTIALLY ALTERED PHOSPHATE ROCK OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION, PAPER PRESENTED AT ISMA TECHNICAL/ECON. CONF.; ORLANDO, FLA., OCT. 23-27, 1979, 11 P.

Reference (Geology): MCKELVEY, V. E., SMITH, L. E., HOPPIN, R. A., AND ARMSTRONG, F. C., 1953, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN WYOMING: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRC. 210, 35 P.

Reference (Deposit): HALE, L. A., ED., 1967, ANATOMY OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD: INTERMOUNTAIN ASSOC. OF GEOL. 15TH ANN. FIELD CONF., 287 P., 3 PLATES.

Reference (Deposit): Spangenberg, D.R., Carey, E.F., and Takosky, P.M., 1983, Minerals availability commodity directory on phosphate: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular IC-8926, 678 p.
Pages: p. 388-391.

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