Willow Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Uintah county in Utah, United States with commodities Uranium, 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088766
MRDS ID M058504
Record type Site
Current site name Willow Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.64711, 39.91357 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 13,750 FT S 1 E OF BLACK BRIDGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Pack Mountain NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seep Ridge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grand Junction(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willow(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010S 020E 34 SE OF SW OF NE Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH URANIUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Uinta
    Rock description Uinta
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvium and colluvium

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Basin Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROBABLY ASSOCIATED WITH CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL, FOSSIL LOGS, AND FOSSIL TURTLE SHELLS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Uinta Basin Area

Comments on the workings information

  • NATURE OF WORKINGS UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-83 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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