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Balsam Phosphate Prospect

Occurrence in Utah 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. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088747
MRDS ID M058362
Record type Site
Current site name Balsam Phosphate Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.40855, 40.19828 (WGS84)
Elevation 1780
Relative position 1,750 FT N 86 W OF BALSAM CAMPGROUND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granger Mountain(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 007S 005E 19 NW 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 > Shale
    Rock unit name Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale Member Of The Phosphoria
    Rock description Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale Mbr. Of The Phosphoria
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.40855, 40.19828
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Charleston Thrust Fault To Se; On West Limb Of Wanrhodes Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Granger Mtn. Thrust Fault To Nw

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip 74 E

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gerwin Blake Riding And Leo Hone

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT FOLLOWS STRIKE OF SHALE

Comments on development

  • PART OF LARGE CLAIM GROUP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE WEST HALF OF THE STRAWBERRY VALLEY QUADRANGLE, UTAH = USGS MAP I-931.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ADIT FOLLOWS 4 FT. BRECCIATED PHOSPHATIC SHALE BED (LOW QUALITY)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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