Left Fork Hobble Creek Phosphate

Occurrence in Utah county in Utah, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042143
MRDS ID M058496
Record type Site
Current site name Left Fork Hobble Creek Phosphate

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.40383, 40.26439 (WGS84)
Elevation 2036
Relative position 2100 FT. N 58 E OF SHEEP CYN-L. FORK HOBBLE CREEK JCT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wallsburg Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spanish Fork(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 006S 005E 29,28,32 NE OF SW OF SE (29) Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Phosphorn, Meade Peak Member
    Rock description Phosphorn, Meade Peak Mbr
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.40383, 40.26439

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Unconformity Covers North End

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NORTH
    Dip 45E TO 65E
    Length 3048M
    Width 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hobble Creek Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDEVELOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Doelling, Hellmut H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.