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Phosphate Deposit Seg. 1

Occurrence in Uintah 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. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041842
MRDS ID M057680
Record type Site
Current site name Phosphate Deposit Seg. 1

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.92073, 40.57745 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MILES S - SW OF ICE CAVE PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ice Cave Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(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 Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Uintah Special 002N;002N 001W;001E Utah

Comments on the location information

  • THE UTM LOCATION IS AT THE CENTER OF THIS AREA. THIS AREA IS THE WESTERN END OF THE PARK CITY FM IN THIS COUNTY. IT EXTENDS FROM THE COUNTY LINE TO THE UINTA SPECIAL MERIDIAN BORDER. THE DEPOSIT IN THIS AREA IS ONE SEGMENT OF THE PHOSPHATE BEARING PARK CITY FM. THE NEXT SEGMENT EAST WILL BE DESCRIBED IN PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT SEG. 2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES OF TWO 3 - FOOT SECTIONS ASSAY 51.42 AND 57.79 % TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE (BONE PHOSPHATE OF LIME OR BPL)

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) -109.92073, 40.57745
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form THREE PHOSPHATIC BEDS
    Strike S 65 W
    Dip 73 S

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Whiterocks River

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1961
    Total resources 3316000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates Bpl 44 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1961

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE ESTIMATE IS BASE ON THE DENSITY OF OOLITE AT 180 LBS/CUBIC FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRUITT, R G, JR, 1961 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF UINTAH CO.: UGMS BULL 71 , P. 78-79

  • Deposit

    SCHULTZ, A R, 1918 , A GEOL RECON OF THE UINTA MTNS: USGS BULL 690-C, P. 85 - 89

  • Reserve-Resource

    PRUITT, R G ( 1961 )

Reporter information

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

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