Utah · Rich County
Prospect

Northern Wasatch Range

Rich County, Utah, United States
Phosphorus-PhosphatesUranium
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Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
TertiaryUranium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typeChemical Sediment, Marine
Model243: Phosphate, upwelling type
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsApatite, Calcite, Dolomite, Feldspar, Fluorite, Gypsum, Illite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Montmorillonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Sphene, Tourmaline, Zircon
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1889
Identification
Deposit ID10227480
Alternate namesDry Bread Hollow, Woodruff Creek, Laketown
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.46663, -111.36749
References
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