Phosphate Deposit #2

Occurrence in Duchesne 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095572
MRDS ID M057644
Record type Site
Current site name Phosphate Deposit #2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -110.85993, 40.45662 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position NORTH OF THE WEST FORK OF THE DUCHESNE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Duchesne(county)

Utah(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hanna(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Duchesne(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

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

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Duchesne(hydrologic unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Green(hydrologic subregion)

Upper Colorado(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Utah Duchesne

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Uintah Special 001N 009W 25 Utah

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result THE SHALE LAYER AVERAGED 5.63 % P205, THE FOSSILIFEROUS LAYER AVERAGED 17.55 % P205

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -110.85993, 40.45662

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PELLETS AND NODULES
    Thickness 2.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Lightning Ridge

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NACKOWSKI, M.P., FISHER, D., BEER, L., 1963 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF DUCHESNE CO: BULL OF THE UNIV OF UTAH VOL 54 , NO. 20 OR UNIV OF UTAH ENG EXP STA BULL NO. 125

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO LAYERS: A PHOSPHATIC SHALE LAYER 5.5 FT THICK AND A FOSSILIFEROUS PHOSPHATIC LAYER 1.7 FT THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Wong, George (Tooker, Ed) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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