Mine detail: Ashley - Brush - Little Brush Creek Phosphate Deposit

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Location

Lat / long: 40.6069, -109.48461

Resource(N)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Ore: Shale
Gangue: Calcite, Chert, Dolomite
Orebody form: TABULAR - BLANKET
Discovery year: 1915

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1961

Geology

Host rock:Park City Formation
Host type:Mudstone,Limestone,Dolomite
Structure:Uinta Mtn. Uplift
Tectonic:Uplifted Sedimentary Basin

References

MRDSDB00308
DEP10015160
Reference{Deposit:: KING, DUNCAN, 1964 , SAN FRANCISCO PHOSPHATE DEPOSIT IN THE UINTA BASIN IN GUIDEBOOK TO THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UINTA BASIN: INTERMTN. ASSOC. PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS.}{Deposit:: KINNEY, D. M., 1955 , GEOLOGY OF THE UINTA RIVER - BRUSH CREEK AREA DUCHESNE AND UINTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: U. S. GEOL SURVEY BULL. 1007}{Deposit:: CHENY, THOMAS, 1957 , PHOSPHATE IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 59 .}{Deposit:: PRUITT, R. G., 1961 , THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF UINTAH COUNTY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 71}
ReporterMccarthy, Blair M.