Mine detail: Carrot Ridge Area Phosphate Deposit

Previously called 'Area No. 1 Phosphate Deposit'

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Location: Clark County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.53071, -111.64614
dep_id: 10071889
mrds_id: W015646
mas_id: 160330112
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Trace mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Vanadium
Operation type: Surface
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
gangue: Glauconite, Quartz
other_matl: Collophane
orebody_fm: LENS, TABULAR
Reporter: Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Benjamin
hrock_unit: Phosphoria Formation;;Quadrant Formation-Sandstone
hrock_type: Shale
arock_unit: Snake River Volcanics;Dinwoody Formation;Dinwoody Formation;Phosphoria Formation;Phosphoria Formation;Phosphoria Formation
arock_type: Limestone
Structure: Minor Faults, Including The Carrot Springs Fault And Surficial Bedding-Plane Faults
References:
  • Deposit:: Jemmett, J. P., 1955, Geology Of Some Of The Phosphate Deposits In The Centennial Mountains Of Idaho And Montana: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, 67 P.
  • Deposit:: Honkala, F. S., 1953, Preliminary Report On Geology Of The Centennial Range, Montana - Idaho, Phosphate Deposits: USGS Open-File Rept., 19 P.
  • Deposit:: Griner, W. C., 1974, Seventy-First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1973-1974, 98 P
  • Deposit:: 1953 Geolmap F. S. Honkala, Open-File Report
  • Deposit:: 1974 Compile State Mine Inspecto* Report For 1973-1974
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