Mine detail: Troublesome Ridge Phosphate Deposit

Previously called 'Area No. 2 Phosphate Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long:

44.54991, -111.69224

Resource(B)

Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium
Gangue:	Glauconite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Phosphoria Formation;;Quadrant Formation-Sandstone
Host type:	Shale
Associated rock:	Phosphoria Formation;Phosphoria Formation;Phosphoria Formation;Dinwoody Formation;Dinwoody Formation
Associated type:	Limestone
Structure:	Deep-Seated Bedding-Plane Faults, Sw Dipping Homocline, Nw Trending Camp Creek Fault

References

MRDS	W015647
DEP	10071890
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)