Mine detail: Fall Creek Phosphate Deposit

Previously called 'E. A. Rex Uranium and PhosphateFall Creek Lease BlockBear Creek Lease BlockFall Creek Adit'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.42102, -111.42751

Resource(B)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Secondary: Uranium

Production

Operation type: Underground
Production size: None
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert
Host type:Shale

References

MRDSW019309
MAS160190054
DEP10073299
Reference{Deposit:: Smart, R. A., And Others, 1954 , Stratigraphic Sections Of The Phosphoria Formation In Idaho: USGS Circ. 327 , 22 P.}{Deposit:: Jobin, D. A., And Schroeder, M. L., 1964 , Geology Of The Conant Valley Quadrangle, Bonneville County, Idaho: USGS Mineral Inv. Field Studies Map Mf - 277}{Deposit:: Service, A. L., 1966 , An Evaluation Of The Western Phosphate Industry And Its Resources, Pt. 3 , Idaho: USBM Rept. Inv. 6801 , 201 P.}{Deposit:: 1954 Recon R. A. Smart And Others, Circ. 329}{Deposit:: 1964 Recon D. A. Jobin And M. L. Schroeder, Map Mf - 277}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Report of Invesigation 6801, 1966, No. 1-010764, P. 182.}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 8-92, 1992, Sample No. 121: Fig. 3, P. 10; Appendix A, P. 24; Appendix B, P. 26}{Deposit:: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. County Report 5, 1961, P. 63.}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Rains, Richard