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Phosphate Deposits

Occurrence in Morgan 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. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Ore body information
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041756
MRDS ID M057517
Record type Site
Current site name Phosphate Deposits
Related records 10252313

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.57773, 41.06133 (WGS84)
Relative position BETWEEN MORGAN & DEVIL'S SLIDE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morgan(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Devils Slide(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

Comments on the location information

  • THE LOCATION IS TAKEN AT THE EXPOSED OUTCROP NORTH OF WEBER RIVER. THE BEDS EXTENDS NORTHWARD ALONG THE VALLEY OF DRY CREEK AND CONNECTS WITH SHEEPHERD VALLEY. SOUTHWARD, THE BEDS CUTS ACROSS THE HEADS OF SEVERAL SMALL TRIBUTARIES TO TUNNEL HOLLOW.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF FULL SECTIONS OF SINGLE PHOSPHATE BEDS GIVE 39 TO 62 PERCENT TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.57773, 41.06133
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE PARK CITY FM CONSISTS OF BLACK CHERTY LIMESTONE WITH BEDS OF SHALE AND PHOSPHATE ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Morgan District

Comments on the workings information

  • LITTLE PROSPECTING IN THE AREA, NO DEPOSIT WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BLACKWELDER, E., PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS EAST OF OGDEN, UTAH: USGS BULL 430 , 1910 , P. 545

  • Deposit

    WILLIAMS, J. S. AND HANSON, A. M., PHOSPHATE RESERVES OF UTAH: UTAH AGR. EXP. STA. BULL 304 OCT, 1942 , P. 11 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE TWO THICK BEDS OF PHOSPHATE ROCK TOGETHER WITH SEVERAL THINNER STRATA; THE THICKNESSES ARE 13 FEET FOR THE UPPER BED AND 10 FEET FOR THE LOWER BED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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