Mine detail: Wolf Creek Phosphate Deposit

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Location: Duchesne County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.49023, -110.74965
dep_id: 10015166
mrds_id: DB00339
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Shale
gangue: Calcite, Chert
orebody_fm: TABULAR
conc_proc: Weathering
Reporter: Mccarthy, Blair M.
hrock_unit: Park City Formation
hrock_type: Shale,Sandstone,Limestone
Structure: Uinta Mtn. Uplift
tectonic: Uplifted Sedimentary Basin
References:
  • NACKOWSKI, FISHER, AND BEER, 1963 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF DUCHESNE CO.: UNIV. OF UTAH BULL 125 , V. 54 , NO. 2
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