Dry Creek Phosphate Deposit

Occurrence in Morgan county in Utah, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011388
MRDS ID D006180
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Creek Phosphate Deposit
Related records 10203385

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.61801, 41.12772 (WGS84)
Elevation 2097
Relative position 9400 FT SE OF DURST SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morgan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bybee Knoll(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Morgan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 005N 003E 33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 NW 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Franson Member Of Park City Formation;Meade Peak Member Of The Phosphoria Formation
    Rock description Franson Mbr. Of Park City Formation;Meade Peak Mbr. Of The Phosphoria Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) Park City and Phosphoria Formations

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paris-Willard Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding Planes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Argenta District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MULLENS, T.E. AND COLE, T.H., 1972, GEOL. MAP OF THE NE QUARTER OF THE MORGAN 15 QUAD: U.S.G.S. MF-304

  • Production

    MULLENS, T.E. AND COLE, T.H., 1972. GEOL. MAP OF THE NE QUARTER OF THE MORGAN 15 QUAD.: U.S.G.S. MF-304.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.