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