Overview
Stage | Production |
Mine Type | Open Pit |
Commodities |
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Mining Method |
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Production Start | ...  |
Mine Life | 2076 |
Simplot’s Vernal Mine (above) is a phosphate ore mine north of Vernal, Utah. Ore from this facility is used at other Simplot facilities to manufacture fertilizer that contributes to feeding our world. |
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Company | Interest | Ownership |
J.R. Simplot Company
|
100 %
|
Indirect
|
Simplot Phosphates LLC
(operator)
|
100 %
|
Direct
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Simplot Phosphates continues to be the major phosphate producer in Utah.
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Summary:
Vernal mine phosphate ore is sedimentary rock from the Phosphoria Formation.
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Simplot Phosphates continues to be the only active phosphate producer in Utah, mining the Meade Peak Member of the Permian Phosphoria Formation. The phosphate operation is located 12 miles north of Vernal in Uintah County
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Production:
Commodity | Units | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Phosphate
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kt
| ......  | ......  | ......  | ......  | 1,451 | 1,361 |
All production numbers are expressed as concentrate.
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Operational Metrics:
Metrics | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Ore tonnes mined
| ......  | ......  | 3.2 M tons | 3.5 M tons | 4.2 M tons | 4 M tons |
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