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Red Knob Section of Park City Fm.

Occurrence in Summit 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 10090823
MRDS ID D006356
Record type Site
Current site name Red Knob Section of Park City Fm.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.70993, 40.87327 (WGS84)
Elevation 3231
Relative position 1 MILE DUE NORTH OF DEADMAN PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Summit(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Knob(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kings Peak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Bear(hydrologic unit)

Upper Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(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 Summit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Salt Lake 002N 011E 28,29,32,33 Utah

Comments on the location information

  • SECTION SUBDIVISIONS SE 1/4 SW 1/4 SW 1/4

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 > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Woodside Shale;Park City Formation;Weber Quartzite
    Rock description Woodside Shale;Park City Formation;Weber Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.70993, 40.87327
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Uinta Mtns.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Uinta Uplift

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Uinta Mountains

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS PRESENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHULTZ, A.R., 1918, A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE OF THE UINTA MOUNTAINS, NORTHERN UTAH, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO PHOSPHATE: CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, PART I, U.S.G.S. BULL. 690, PP. 31-91.

  • Deposit

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATIONS: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY.

  • Production

    TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MIN. SURVEY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Tripp, Bryce T. Bureau of Land Management

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