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Split Mtn. Phosphate Deposit

Occurrence in Uintah 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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042259
MRDS ID M058716
Record type Site
Current site name Split Mtn. Phosphate Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -109.26849, 40.44802 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 9,600 FT N 73 E OF DINOSAUR QUARRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Uintah(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dinosaur Quarry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vernal(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Dinosaur National Monument(National Monument)

National Monument NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Uintah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 004S 024E 30 SW OF NW OF NW Utah

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS TO REPRESENTATIVE POINT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Collophane Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -109.26849, 40.44802
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Basin Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Split Mt. Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Split Mtn. Area

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the workings information

  • NO KNOWN WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ROWLEY, P.D., ET.AL., 1979, GEOL. MAP OF THE DINOSAUR QUARRY QUADRANGLE, UINTAH CO., UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-1513.

  • Deposit

    DAMES AND MOORE, 1978, INVENTORY AND MARKET ANALYSIS OF THE PHOSPHATE RESOURCES OF UTAH: DAMES AND MOORE JOB NO. 08699-011

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1983 Tripp, Bryce T. Utah Geological and Mineral Survey

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