Commodities
PrimarySoda Ash, Sodium, Sodium Carbonate
TertiaryOil Shale, Halite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Orebody formtabular: blanket
Materials
Ore mineralsTrona, Oil Shale, Halite
GangueCalcite, Dolomite, Gaylussite, Nahcolite
Geology
Host rockEvaporite · Green River Formation, Wilkins Peak Member: Trona and evaporite bearing strata.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Discovery year1938
Identification
Deposit ID10254740
Alternate namesGranger Mine, Tg Soda Ash Green River Facility, Texasgulf Mill, Green River Trona District, Wyoming Soda Ash Operation of Texasgulf, Inc., Texas Gulf Sulphur Company, TGS, Blacks Fork Trona Mine (TG Soda Ash), Texasgulf - Trona, Texasgulf Trona, TG Soda Ash, Inc., Texas Gulf Sulphur Corp.Blacks Fork Trona Mine, Black Fork Trona Project, Wyoming Soda Ash Project, Texasgulf Soda Ash Mine, Texasgulf Soda Ash Project Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.67889, -109.905
References
USBM Minerals Yerbook, 1978-1979, v. 2, p. 592, 593.Root, F.K., Glass, G.B., and Lane, D.W., 1973, Sweetwater County, Woming--Geologic map atlas and summary of economic mineral resources: Geological Survey of Wyoming, County Resource Series No. 2, scale 1:500,000. [plate of Trona uranium, and other minerals]PARKER, R.B.,1971, CONTRIBUTIONS TO GEOLOGY, TRONA ISSUE, UNIV. OF WYOMING, V. 10, N. 1.FMC Chemicals Press release: [http://www.fmcchemicals.com/LinkClick.aspx%3Flink%3DContent%252FDocs%252FFMC%2Bto%2BContinue%2BCurtailment%2Bof%2BGranger%2BSoda%2BAsh%2BFacility%2B073009%2BFINAL.pdf%26tabid%3D838%26mid%3D2589+granger&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjILVa_h1yRQGxyTx_A-uWmUyYBmYIt9XzxB7jwu4IwRHOl9h2Awa21JRIPdp4GyY_XDBbgCXKwFQZRwb4LXu4J0dKeqmHxP5z3SHuk3x3FZpqpsbO_7wkt5rNeTkioGg_A646j&sig=AHIEtbSyvYa-KrkGcGYDFij7rf6TzDAzWQ] accessed 6/6/10.