South Fork Weber River Section

Occurrence in Summit 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011482
MRDS ID D006387
Record type Site
Current site name South Fork Weber River Section
Related records 10202754

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.21383, 40.73188 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position SOUTHEAST OF LEDGE FORK GUARD STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hoyt Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Weber(hydrologic unit)

Weber(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 Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S;001S 006E;007E 13,18,22,23,24 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Park City Formation
    Rock description Park City Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.21383, 40.73188

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Kamas Areas

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVE FIGURES AVAILABLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHULTZ, A.R., 1918, A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE UINTA MOUNTAINS, NORTHERN UTAH, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PHOSPHATE: CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, PART I, USGS BULL. 690, PP. 31-94

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

  • Reserve-Resource

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SUR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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