The Sioux Claim is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Rich county, Utah at an elevation of 6,581 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: 6,581 Feet (2,006 Meters)
Commodity: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Lat, Long: 41.73583, -111.05250
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Sioux Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sioux Claim
Commodity
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Selenium
Location
State: Utah
County: Rich
District: North Crawford Mountain
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BEDDED
Structure
Type: L
Description: Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Phosphorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: MAX OF 79.7 % CA3(PO4)2
Materials
Ore: Whitlockite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): PHOSPHATE ROCKS HAVE AN OOLITIC TEXTURE . SELENIUM IS FOUND IN THE CARBONACEOUS SHALES.
Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT SIMILAR TO ARIKAREE MINE, THE THICKNESS OF INTERBEDDED SHALE, LIMESTONE, AND PHOSPHATE BEDS ARE 15 FT, 11 IN.
Comment (Workings): DEPOSIT WORKINGS UNKNOWN
References
Reference (Deposit): GALE, H. S., AND RICHARDS, R. W., PHOSPHATES: USGS BULL 430 - H, P.518 , 1910
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.
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