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Phosphate Hill Prospect

Occurrence in Wasatch 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042239
MRDS ID M058639
Record type Site
Current site name Phosphate Hill Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.47328, 40.54605 (WGS84)
Elevation 1975
Relative position 4,300 FT N 31 W OF BURG: HILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasatch(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Heber City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Provo(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Wasatch

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 003S 004E 22 NE OF SE OF NE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Collophane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Park City;Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale Member Of The Phosphoria
    Rock description Park City;Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale Mbr. Of The Phosphoria

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.47328, 40.54605
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Arch

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Heber City Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.008HA
    Overall length 13.72M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 FT. MAXIMUM DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROMFIELD, C.S. AND OTHERS, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HEBER QUADRANGLE, WASATCH AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-384.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1983, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1984 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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