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Nw Phosphatic Shale

Occurrence in Box Elder 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10015758
MRDS ID DB01945
Record type Site
Current site name Nw Phosphatic Shale
Related records 10299793

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.20362, 41.45048 (WGS84)
Elevation 1743
Relative position 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TANGENT PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Box Elder(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tangent Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newfoundland Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Brigham City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Northern Great Salt Lake Desert(hydrologic unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Great Salt Lake(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Box Elder

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008N 012W 03 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS NW 1/4 SE 1/4 NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Shale Ore

Analytical data

Result LOW GRADE - 2 - 16 PERCENT P2O5, SEE REFERENCE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Rock unit name Meade Peak Member Of Phosphoria Formation
    Rock description Meade Peak Mbr Of Phosphoria Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.20362, 41.45048
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Several High Angle Faults

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NORTHEAST
    Dip 20 DEG NW
    Thickness 9.75M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Particular Horizons In Unit

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Hogup Mtns.

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 TRENCHES DUG AT SCATTERED LOCALITIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    SRC.REF: STIFEL, 1964 , P. 159 - 160

  • Deposit

    STIFEL, P. B., 1964 , GEOLOGY OF HOGUP & TERRACE MOUNTAINS, BOXELDER COUNTY, UTAH: UNIV. OF UTAH, PH. D. THESIS

  • Deposit

    1964 GEOLMAP STIFEL, UNIV. OF UTAH PH. D. THESI

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOELLING, H. H., 1979 , UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY ON-SITE INVESTIGATION

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT LEAST 2 PHOSPHATIC HORIZONS, WHICH ARE POORLY EXPOSED: PHOSPHATIC HORIZONS MAY TOTAL MORE THAN 100 FT. IN THICKNESS. DIP VARIES 10 TO 30 DEG NW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Doelling, Hellmut H. Bureau of Land Management

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