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Conner Basin Phosphate Occurrence

Occurrence in Daggett county in Utah, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011420
MRDS ID D006244
Record type Site
Current site name Conner Basin Phosphate Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.88657, 40.93301 (WGS84)
Elevation 2377
Relative position 2-3 MILES SOUTH OF PHIL PICO MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Daggett(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Phil Pico Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Green-Flaming Gorge Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Upper Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Divide-Upper Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ashley National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Daggett

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002N 018E 03,04,05,06 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • PHOSPHATIC BEDS PROBABLY EXTEND E-W ACROSS UPPER TIER OF SECTIONS IN THE TOWNSHIP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result VERY LOW GRADE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite
    Rock unit name Meade Peak Member, Phosphoria Formation
    Rock description Meade Peak Member, Phosphoria Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.88657, 40.93301
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Strike GEN. E-W
    Dip STEEP N
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 5632.55M
    Width 804.65M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Restricted Marine Environment

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Manila Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIN BEDS

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DEVELOPMENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RITZMA, H.R., 1959, GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF UTAH, DAGGETT COUNT.: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY, BULL. 66

  • Production

    DOELLING, H.H., 1980, GEOLOGIST, UT. GEOL. AND MINER. SURV.

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H.H. 1980, GEOLOGIST FOR UT. GEOL. AND MINER. SURV.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INTERESTING HORIZON ONLY 3 FT THICK, IMPROVES EASTWARD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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

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