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Occurrence in Rich 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071451
MRDS ID W014849
Record type Site
Current site name Unknown

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.29357, 41.82493 (WGS84)
Elevation 1966

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Rich(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Laketown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Logan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogden(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bear Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Rich

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 013N 006E 32 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • E 1/2; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.29357, 41.82493
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Deposit On Eastern Limb Of Overturned Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Dip 60
    Thickness 27.55M
    Length 1828.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Bedding

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1909
Discoverer Usgs

Mining district

District name Laketown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sutter Mining And Dev. Co.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 6 FT BED MINED FOR 7000 FT TO 2000 FT DEPTH

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 45M
    Overall length 914.4M
    Overall width 100M

Comments on the workings information

  • SCATTERED TRENCHES AND SINGLE ADIT IN PHOSPHORITE

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: UNECONOMIC PARTLY BECAUSE MOST OF RESOURCE BELOW DRAINAGE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GALE AND RICHARDS, 1910, PRELIMINARY REPORT ON PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IN SE IDAHO AND ADS. WYO AND UTAH: USGS BULL 430 - H

  • Deposit

    COFFEMAN AND SERVICE, 1967, EVALUATION OF WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES: US BUR MINES R1 6934

  • Deposit

    1976 OTHER BLM MINERAL INVENTOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1976 Staub, Ann M. Bureau of Land Management

Beyond USGS

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

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