Mine detail: Phosphate Hill Prospect

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Location: Wasatch County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.54605, -111.47328
dep_id: 10042239
mrds_id: M058639
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Collophane
orebody_fm: TABULAR
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Tripp, Bryce T.
hrock_unit: Park City;Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale Member Of The Phosphoria
hrock_type: Sandstone,Limestone
Structure: Uinta Arch
tectonic: Central Wasatch Range
References:
  • Deposit:: BROMFIELD, C.S. AND OTHERS, 1970, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HEBER QUADRANGLE, WASATCH AND SUMMIT COUNTIES, UTAH: USGS MAP GQ-384.
  • Deposit:: TRIPP, B.T., 1983, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS.
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