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Wheat Grass Canyon

Occurrence in Weber county in Utah, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Chromium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10042041
MRDS ID M058200
Record type Site
Current site name Wheat Grass Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.5694, 41.31826 (WGS84)
Elevation 1814
Relative position 400 FT S 15 E OF CAUSEY SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Weber(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Causey Dam(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)

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 Weber

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007N;007N 003E;004E 23,25,26;07,18 SE OF NE OF NE (26) Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS A REPRESENTATIVE POINT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PHOSPHATE ROCK CONTAINS TRACES OF VANADIUM AND CHROMIUM

Analytical data

Result BASAL SAMPLE 22.1% P2O5

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite
    Rock unit name Humbug
    Rock description Humbug

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.5694, 41.31826
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A Few Nw-Tremding Faults (Normal), Lenticular Beds

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N 35 E
    Dip 15 NW TO 40 NW
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 6437.2M
  • General form BLANKET
    Dip 15 NW TO 40 NW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Base Of Humbug Fm.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Causey Dam Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DEVELOPMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PHOSPHATIC ZONE 4-15 FT. THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Doelling, Hellmut H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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