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Mill Creek Phosphate

Occurrence in Salt Lake 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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042114
MRDS ID M058398
Record type Site
Current site name Mill Creek Phosphate

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.68662, 40.693 (WGS84)
Elevation 2323
Relative position 8100 FT N 18 W OF GOBBLERS KNOB

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Salt Lake(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Aire(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salt Lake City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(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)

Mount Olympus Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Salt Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 001S;002S;001S;001S 002E;003E;002E;003E 27,35,36;06,05,07;26,28,29,32,34;31,32 SW OF NE OF NE (35) Utah

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SECS. 11, 12, T25, R2E, SEC. 8, T25, R3E ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :1977

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PELLETAL, OOLITIC, BIOCLASTIC, AND NODULAR, CONTAINS U, V, F, AND CR IN TRACE AMOUNTS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Park City Formation
    Rock description Park City Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.68662, 40.693
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N Flank, Big Cottonwood Uplift
Type of structure Local
Structure description Several N-5 Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE TO W
    Dip 30 N TO 75 N
    Depth to top 0M
  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 30 N TO 75 N

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale Mbr.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mill Creek Canyon

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DETAILED WORK AVAILABLE FOR MEADE PEAK PHOSPHATIC SHALE MBR.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1982 Doelling, Hellmut H. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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

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