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Spring Creek Phosphate Deposit

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. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011422
MRDS ID D006250
Record type Site
Current site name Spring Creek Phosphate Deposit
Related records 10203057

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.68823, 40.90884 (WGS84)
Elevation 2060
Relative position 2 MILES SE OF SHEEP CREEK GAP

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Daggett(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Manila(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 020E 17 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO INCLUDES PARTS OF SECS. 1-3, 7-12, 15-18,T2N, R20E AND 2, 11, 12, T2N R19E, AND SECS. 35-36, T3N, R20E

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result 10-12 PERCENT IN 45-60 FT SECTION

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) -109.68823, 40.90884
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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 20N
    Thickness 18.29M
    Length 10460.45M
    Width 2413.95M
    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 Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Manila Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 226757000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 9 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1980

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IN-PLACE CALCULATION, NOT ALL WILL BE RECOVERABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDEVELOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP BELT SWEEPS ACROSS QUADRANGLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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