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Laketown Phosphate Deposits

Rich County, Utah, United States
Phosphorus-Phosphates
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Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsWhitlockite
Geology
Host rockShale · Meade Peak Member Of Phosphoria Formation;Brazer Limestone
StructureCache Uplift-Woodruff Thrust, Fault Along E. Side Of Bear Lake
Tectonic settingOverthrust Belt
AlterationPhosphatization
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10041742
MRDS IDM057493
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.82715, -111.29135
References
SRC.REF: CHENEY, T.M. 1957. PHOSPHATE IN UTAH, U.G.M.S. BULL. 59.CHENEY, T.M., 1957, PHOSPHATE IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY: BULL 59TRIPP, B.T., 1980, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY.COFFMAN, J.S. AND SERVICE, A.L., 1967. AN EVAL. OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES PART 4: U.S.B.M. R.I. 6934CHENEY, T.M., 1957, PHOSPHATE IN UTAH: UTAH GEOL. AND MINERAL SURVEY BULL. 59