Mine detail: Wolverine Creek Phosphate Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

43.28271, -111.88523

Resource(B)

Primary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary:	Vanadium
Orebody form:	BLANKET

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert;
Host type:	Shale
Associated rock:	Wells Formation;Wells Formation
Associated type:	Sandstone,Limestone
Structure:	Middle Branch Bannock Overthrust, Mt. Taylor Anticline, Wolverine Anticline, Sellers Cr. Anticline
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W019278
MAS	160110039
DEP	10073281
Reference	{Deposit:: Mansfield, G. R., 1952 , Geography, Geology, And Mineral Resources Of Ammon And Paradise Valley Quadrangles, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 238 , 91 P.}{Deposit:: Service, A. L., 1966 , An Evaluation Of The Western Phosphate Industry And Its Resources: USBM Rept. Inv. 6801 , 201 P.}{Deposit:: Staley, W. W., 1945 , Christensen And Cox Ranch: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept.}{Deposit:: 1945 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept.}{Deposit:: 1952 Recon G. R. Mansfield, Prof. Paper 238}{Deposit:: 1966 Compile USBM Rept. Inv. 6801}{Deposit:: V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Driggs Quad, Location No. 151}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)