Dry Bread Hollow

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041752
MRDS ID M057509
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Bread Hollow

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.57218, 41.34299 (WGS84)
Elevation 2158
Relative position 1 MILE N04E OF CAUSEY SPRING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Weber(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Causey Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower 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 Weber

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 007N 003E 14,12,13 SE OF SW OF NE (14) Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS A REPRENTATIVE POINT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result ROCK EXCEEDS 18% P2O5

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.57218, 41.34299

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N45E
    Dip 35NW
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 350.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Favorable Horizons

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Causey Dam

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1969
    Total resources 226757000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 18 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1969

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BETWEEN DRY BREAD HOLLOW AND BEAVER CREEK

Comments on the workings information

  • UNDEVELOPED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL HORIZONS
Deposit 7.7 FT OF 29.5% P2O5 54 FT. ABOVE BASE OF GRANDEUR MBR.; 8.9 FT. OF 20.0% P2O5 207 FT ABOVE BASE OF GRANDEUR MBR.; 5.8 FT. OF 20.4% P2O5 AT BASE OF MEADE PEAK; 38.7 FT OF 24.1% P2O5 192 FT ABOVE BASE OF MEADE PEAK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 4 OTHER SRC

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1981 Doelling, Hellmut H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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