Mine detail: South Slope Taylor Creek Phosphate Deposit

Previously called 'Area No. 3 Phosphate Deposit'

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Location: Clark County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.53131, -111.67944
dep_id: 10071891
mrds_id: W015648
mas_id: 160330114
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium
Minor mineral: Fluorine-Fluorite
Trace mineral: Vanadium
Operation type: Surface
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
Reporter: Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Winters, Dick
hrock_unit: Phosphoria Formation-Sandstone, Phosphatic Shale, Chert, Siltstone
hrock_type: Shale
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 Deposit: USGS Open-File Rept., 19 P.
  • Deposit:: Griner, W. C., 1974, Seventy-First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Report 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
  • Deposit:: IBMG Mines & Prospects Of The Ashton Quad, 1982, V.E. Mitchell, Et Al.
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