Mine detail: Little Valley Phosphate

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Location: Wasatch County, Utah, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.30301, -111.40438
dep_id: 10092650
mrds_id: M058497
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
orebody_fm: TABULAR
Reporter: Doelling, Hellmut H.
hrock_unit: Phosphoria, Mead Peak Member
hrock_type: Mudstone,Limestone,Phosphorite,Chert
Structure: Small Syncline
References:
  • Deposit:: BAKER, A.A., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE STRAWBERRY VALLEY QUADRANGLE, UTAH: USGS MAP I-931
  • Deposit:: SMITH, L.E. AND OTHER, 1952, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTION OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN UTAH, 1947-48: USGS CIRC 211
  • Deposit:: GERE, W.C., 1946, PHOSPHATE IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 73, P. 195-201
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