Arickaree Mine

The Arickaree Mine is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Rich county, Utah at an elevation of 6,460 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

Name: Arickaree Mine  

State:  Utah

County:  Rich

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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