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Worth Phosphate Mine

Utah County, Utah, United States
Phosphorus-Phosphates
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Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsCollophane
Geology
Host rockShale,Limestone · Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale Member Of The Phosphoria
StructureOn West Limb Of Wanrhodes Syncline Across The Little Diamond Creek Fault
Tectonic settingWasatch Range
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10042066
MRDS IDM058264
Alternate namesM and M Claim Group
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates40.10106, -111.46744
References
BAKER, A.A., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WEST HALF OF THE STRAWBERRY VALLEY QUADRANGLE, UTAH: UGGS MAP I-931.YOUNG, G., 1976, GEOLOGY OF BILLIES MTN. QUADRANGLE, UTAH CO., UTAH: BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY GEOL. STUDIES, VOL. 23, PT. 1, P. 205-280.TRIPP, B.T., 1982, ON SITE INVESTIGATION: UGMS