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Sw Phosphatic Shale

Occurrence in Box Elder 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. 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 10015744
MRDS ID DB01913
Record type Site
Current site name Sw Phosphatic Shale

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.2214, 41.3427 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position 1 1/4 MILES NE OF GREEN SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meadow Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newfoundland Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007N;008N 012W;012W 09,04,16;33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • PARTS OF LISTED SECTIONS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Shale Ore

Analytical data

Result LOW GRADE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Meade Peak Member Of Phosphoria Formation
    Rock description Meade Peak Mbr Of Phosphoria Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.2214, 41.3427
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NORTH
    Dip 25 DEG W
    Thickness 9.75M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Particular Horizons In Unit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hogup Mtns

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STIFEL, P. B., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF HOGOP & TERRACE BOXELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UNIV. OF UTAH, PH. D. THESIS

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP STIFEL, UNIV OF UTAH PH. D. THESI

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT LEAST 2 PHOSPHATIC HORIZONS, WHICH ARE POORLY EXPOSED; PHOSPHATIC HORIZONS MAY TOTAL MORE THAN 100 FT. IN THICKNESS. DIP VARIES 20 TO 30 DEG W

Reporter information

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

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