Mine detail: Gay Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 43.04852, -112.11194

Resource(N)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Discovery year: 1945

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1946

Geology

Host rock:Phosphoria Formation;Phosphoria Formation;Phosphoria Formation
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Wells Formation
Associated type:Limestone
Structure:Folding, Faulting

References

MRDSW015655
DEP10071895
Reference{Deposit:: DOTSON, J. C., 1957, GAY MINE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.}{Deposit:: MINOBRAS, 1975, IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: MINOBRAS, P. 14.}{Deposit:: SWEETWOOD, C. W., 1952, WESTERN PHOSPHATE MINING-A GROWING INDUSTRY: MINING ENGINEERING, V. 4, NO. 9., P. 863-865}{Deposit:: USGS, 1975 , DEVELOPMENT OF PHOSPHATE RESOURCES IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO: DRAFT ENVIRONMENT IMPACT STATEMENT, V. 1}{Deposit:: 1945 DIREXPL J. C. SIMPLOT CO., MINING ENGINEERING, V. 4, NO. 9}{Deposit:: 1957 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.}{Deposit:: 1975 RECON DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, V. 1}{Production:: ITEM 8, DOTSON, J. C., 1957, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.; ITEM 1, SWEETWOOD, C. W., 1952, MINING ENGINEERING, V. 4, NO. 9; ITEMS 4 , 9 , USGS DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, V. 1}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)