Mine detail: Swan Lake Gulch Proposed Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.62992, -111.4111

Resource(B)

Primary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary:	Vanadium, REE, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR, TABULAR
Other material:	Calcite, Collophane, Dolomite, Feldspar, Limonite, Muscovite, Quartz, Sericite

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert;;Wells Formation-Sandstone, Limestone
Host type:	Shale
Associated rock:	Dinwoody Formation-Shale;Dinwoody Formation-Limestone
Associated type:	Shale,Limestone
Structure:	Trail Creek Syncline, Faults, Folds
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W026093
MAS	160290164
DEP	10077989
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS, 1975 , Development Of Phosphate Resources In Southeastern Idaho: Draft Environmental Impact Statement, V. 2 , Pt. 4.2 , P. 46 - 73}{Deposit:: Mansfield, G. R., 1927 , Geography, Geology, And Mineral Resources Of Part Of Southeastern Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 152 , 453 P.}{Deposit:: Mc Kelvey, V. E., And Others, 1953 , Stratigraphic Sections Of The Phosphoria Formation In Idaho, 1947 - 1948 , Part 1 : USGS Circ. 208 , 49 P.}{Deposit:: Powell, J. D., 1974 , Evaluation Of Phosphate Resources In Southeastern Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Inf. Circ. 25 , 33 P.}{Deposit:: Garrand, Leonard, 1975, Phosphate Study Southeastern Idaho For Us Forest Service}{Deposit:: Service, A.L., 1966, An Evaluation Of The Western Phosphate Industry And Its Resources, Part 3 Idaho, Us Bureau Of Mines Ri 6801}{Reserve-Resource:: Phosphate Resources In Southeastern Idaho,. USGS, Blm, U.S. Forest Service, 1977}
Reporter	Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat, Benjamin