Mine detail: Wolf Creek Phosphate Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.49023, -110.74965

Resource(N)

Tertiary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Ore:	Shale
Gangue:	Calcite, Chert
Orebody form:	TABULAR

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

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

References

MRDS	DB00339
DEP	10015166
Reference	NACKOWSKI, FISHER, AND BEER, 1963 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF DUCHESNE CO.: UNIV. OF UTAH BULL 125 , V. 54 , NO. 2
Reporter	Mccarthy, Blair M.