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Phosphate Deposit

Occurrence in Cache 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. 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092641
MRDS ID M057506
Record type Site
Current site name Phosphate Deposit
Related records 10203439

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.77636, 41.60771 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 7000 FT SE OF THE MOUTH OF BLACKSMITH FORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cache(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paradise(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Bear-Logan(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(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 Cache

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 010N 001E 13 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NE 1/4 SE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result 6-20 PERCENT P2O5

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Brazer Limestone
    Rock description Brazer Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.77636, 41.60771
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Paris-Willard Thrust

Ore body information

  • General form SUBROUNDED PELLETS, DISSEMINATED
    Thickness 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE PHOSPHATE BEARING ROCKS ARE IN A ZONE OF DARK GRAY TO BLACK MUDSTONE, CHERT, AND LIMESTONE AT THE BASE OF THE BRAZER LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Paradise District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MULLENS, T E AND IZEH, G A, 1964, GEOL OF THE PARADISE QUAD, CACHE CO, UT: USGS BULL 1181-S

  • Production

    MULLENS, T E, AND IZEH, G A, 1964, GEOL OF THE PARADISE QUAD: USGS BULL 1181-S.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PELLETS AVERAGE 1/16 INCH IN DIAMETER
Deposit LOCATED BY USGS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) Bureau of Land Management
Updater 01-AUG-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. U.S. Geological Survey

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