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Phosphate Deposits #6

Occurrence in Duchesne 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. 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 10041829
MRDS ID M057648
Record type Site
Current site name Phosphate Deposits #6

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.44214, 40.53773 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position NE SIDE OF LAKE FORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Duchesne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Fork Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kings Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Duchesne(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ashley 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 Duchesne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Uintah Special 002N 005W 27 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE CONTENT OF THE PHOSPHATIC SHALE IS 4.15 % P205. AVERAGE CONTENT OF THE ASPHALTIC SANDSTONE IS 12.28 % P205

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.44214, 40.53773
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.74M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lake Fork River

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHULTZ, A.R., 1918 , A GEOL RECON OF THE UINTA MTNS: USGS BULL 690 -C

  • Deposit

    NACKOWSKI, M.P., FISHER, D., BEER, L., 1963 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF DUCHESNE CO.: BULL OF UNIV OF UTAH VOL 54 , NO. 20 OR UTAH UNIV ENG EXP STA BULL NO. 125 , P. 70 - 76

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO LAYERS: A THIN BEDDED PHOSPHATIC SHALE 6.0 FT THICK AND AN ASPHALTIC SANDSTONE CONTAINING PHOSPHATE 3.0 FT THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

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