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Phosphate Deposit #1

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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041826
MRDS ID M057643
Record type Site
Current site name Phosphate Deposit #1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.91826, 40.47023 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position SOUTH SIDE OF WOLF CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wolf Creek(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

Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 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 009W 21 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE CONTENT OF SECTION IS 15.3 % P205

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.91826, 40.47023
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PELLETS AND NODULES
    Strike N 82 W
    Dip 12 S
    Thickness 3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PHOSPHATE ROCK IS GREY TO BROWNISH BLACK, THICK-BEDDED, AND SOFT TO MODERATELY HARD.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wolf Creek

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NACKOWSKI, M.P., FISHER, D., BEER, L., 1963 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF DUCHESNE CO: BULL OF THE UNIV OF UTAH, VOL 54 , NO. 20 OR UNIV OF UTAH ENG EXP STA BULL NO. 125 , P 70

  • Deposit

    SMITH, L.E. AND OTHERS, 1952 , STRATIG. SECT. OF THE PHOSPHORIA FM: USGS CIRC 211 , P. 25-28

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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