Mine detail: Troublesome Ridge Phosphate Deposit

Previously called 'Area No. 2 Phosphate Deposit'

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Location: Clark County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.54991, -111.69224
dep_id: 10071890
mrds_id: W015647
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Glauconite, Quartz
Reporter: Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)
hrock_unit: Phosphoria Formation;;Quadrant Formation-Sandstone
hrock_type: Shale
arock_unit: Phosphoria Formation;Phosphoria Formation;Phosphoria Formation;Dinwoody Formation;Dinwoody Formation
arock_type: Limestone
Structure: Deep-Seated Bedding-Plane Faults, Sw Dipping Homocline, Nw Trending Camp Creek Fault
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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