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Phosphate Deposits Seg 3

Producer 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10041844
MRDS ID M057682
Record type Site
Current site name Phosphate Deposits Seg 3
Alternate or previous names Ratliff Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.48655, 40.6094 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position BRUSH CREEK; LITTLE BRUSH CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Donkey Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dutch John(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002S;002S 021E;022E Utah

Comments on the location information

  • THE UTM LOCATION IS OF THE RATLIFF MINE. THIS AREA EXTENDS FROM ASHLEY CREEK TO LITTLE BRUSH CREEK. IT CONTAINS 91 PATENTED PLACER CLAIMS TOTALING 18,144 ACRES OWN BY HARRY RATLIFF AND THE HUMPHREY PHOSPHATE CO. THE NEXT SEGMENT EAST IS DESCRIBED IN PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT SEG. 4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Ore

Analytical data

Result UPPER BED (3 FT THICK) AVERAGES 49.78 % BPL. LOWER BED (3.3 FT THICK) AVERAGES 52.88 % BPL. CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF SAMPLE DMK-5 ( KINNEY, 1955 ) FROM BRUSH CREEK GORGE: 27.88 % P2O5, 39.44 % CAO, 0.27 % MGO, 15.16 % SILICA, 2.92 % F, 0.4 % ORGANIC MATTER, 0.11 % CR2O3 , 0.04 % TIO2 , 0.03 % V2O5, 0.003 % MOO3, 0.007 % MNO, 0.002 % COBALT, 0.001 % LITHIUM, 0.48 % NA2O, 0.64 % K2O.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.48655, 40.6094
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Between Ashley And Brush Creek, The Park City Fm Dips 8 S.

Ore body information

  • General form TWO UNIFORM BEDS
    Width 6437.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Brush Creek-Little Brush Creek

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THE ABOVE ESTIMATE IS FOR OVERBURDEN UNDER 50 FT THICK. BETWEEN THE DEPTHS OF 1000 FT, THE ESTIMATED POTENTIAL IS 2,450 MILLION TONS.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: VERY LITTLE OVERBURDEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRUITT, R G JR, 1961 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF UINTAH CO.: UGMS BULL 71 , P. 81-83

  • Deposit

    SMITH, L E AND OTHERS, 1952 , STRATIG. SECT OF THE PHOSPHORIA FM: USGS CIRC 211 , P 35-36

  • Deposit

    CHENEY, T M, 1957 , PHOSPHATE IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV BULL 59 , P. 45-47

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    5) KINNEY, D M, 1955 , GEOLOGY OF THE UINTA RIVER-BRUSH CREEK AREA: USGS BULL 1007 , P. 162-173

  • Reserve-Resource

    PRUITT, R G JR, 1961

Reporter information

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

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