Worth Phosphate Mine

Past Producer in Utah 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042066
MRDS ID M058264
Record type Site
Current site name Worth Phosphate Mine
Alternate or previous names M and M Claim Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.46744, 40.10106 (WGS84)
Elevation 2396
Relative position 7,900 FT N 32 W OF DIAMOND BATTLE HISTORICAL MONUMENT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Utah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Billies Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Provo(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spanish Fork(hydrologic unit)

Jordan(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 Utah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 008S 004E 22 SE OF NW OF SE Utah

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :1973

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Collophane Ore

Analytical data

Result SOME HIGH QUALITY OOLITIC MATERIAL

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale Member Of The Phosphoria
    Rock description Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale Mbr. Of The Phosphoria

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.46744, 40.10106

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On West Limb Of Wanrhodes Syncline Across The Little Diamond Creek Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 12 W
    Dip 29 NE
    Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Diamond Fork Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James H. Worth

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 1.421HA
    Overall length 170M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY IS 167 YDS BY 100 YDS; PROSPECT PIT IS 15 YDS BY 19 YDS BY 3 FT. DEEP

Comments on development

  • ASSESSMENT WORK DONE FOR 1982

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAKER, A.A., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE STRAWBERRY VALLEY QUADRANGLE, UTAH: UGGS MAP I-931.

  • Deposit

    YOUNG, G., 1976, GEOLOGY OF BILLIES MTN. QUADRANGLE, UTAH CO., UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOL. STUDIES, VOL. 23, PT. 1, P. 205-280.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1982 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

Beyond USGS

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