Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR - BLANKET
Materials
Ore mineralsShale
GangueCalcite, Chert, Dolomite
Geology
Host rockMudstone,Limestone,Dolomite · Park City Formation
StructureUinta Mtn. Uplift
Tectonic settingUplifted Sedimentary Basin
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1961
Discovery year1915
Identification
Deposit ID10015160
MRDS IDDB00308
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates40.6069, -109.48461
References
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.KINNEY, D. M., 1955 , GEOLOGY OF THE UINTA RIVER - BRUSH CREEK AREA DUCHESNE AND UINTAH COUNTIES, UTAH: U. S. GEOL SURVEY BULL. 1007CHENY, THOMAS, 1957 , PHOSPHATE IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 59 .PRUITT, R. G., 1961 , THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF UINTAH COUNTY: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERALOG. SURVEY BULL. 71