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Wolf Creek Phosphate Deposit

Occurrence in Duchesne 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015166
MRDS ID DB00339
Record type Site
Current site name Wolf Creek Phosphate Deposit
Related records 10203072

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.74965, 40.49023 (WGS84)
Elevation 2874
Relative position 3.1 MILES NW OF ROUND GROVE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Duchesne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Farm Creek Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Duchesne(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Duchesne(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Duchesne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Uintah Special 001N;001N 008W;007W 12,13;07,08,18 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISION: SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4 SEC 12

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Shale Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chert Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Park City Formation
    Rock description Park City Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.74965, 40.49023
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Mtn. Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 28967.4M
    Width 4827.9M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 304.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NACKOWSKI, FISHER, AND BEER, 1963 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF DUCHESNE CO.: UNIV. OF UTAH BULL 125 , V. 54 , NO. 20

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1978 Mccarthy, Blair M. Bureau of Land Management

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