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Phosphate Deposits

Occurrence in Rich 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041748
MRDS ID M057504
Record type Site
Current site name Phosphate Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.38912, 41.45299 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rich(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dairy Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Upper Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Rich

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION TAKEN AT THE OUTCROP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH GRADE ORE HAVE A COARSELY OOLITIC TEXTURE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Whitlockite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE AVERAGES 26.5 - 69.9 % CA3(PO4)2

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.38912, 41.45299
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description The Rocks Are Faulted By Overthrusts From The West. The Fault Zone Traces North To South.

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: THE PHOSPHATE BEDS ARE OVERLAIN BY CHERTY LIMESTONES AND UNDERLAIN BY SANDY LIMESTONES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Woodruff Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW PITS AND DRIFTS, ALL ARE CAVED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GALE, H. S., AND RICHARDS, R. W., PHOSPHATES: USGS BULL 430 - H, P. 527 , 1910

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE BED OUTCROPS FOR 3 MILES HEADING SOUTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1978 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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