Mine detail: Wolverine Creek Phosphate Deposit

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Location: Bingham County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.28271, -111.88523
dep_id: 10073281
mrds_id: W019278
mas_id: 160110039
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Trace mineral: Vanadium
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
orebody_fm: BLANKET
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)
hrock_unit: Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert;
hrock_type: Shale
arock_unit: Wells Formation;Wells Formation
arock_type: Sandstone,Limestone
Structure: Middle Branch Bannock Overthrust, Mt. Taylor Anticline, Wolverine Anticline, Sellers Cr. Anticline
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
References:
  • 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
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