Mine detail: Phosphate Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.87022, -111.83772

Resource(B)

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

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert, Sandstone;;
Host type:	Shale
Associated rock:	Wells Formation-Sandstone;Wells Formation-Limestone;Brazer Limestone
Associated type:	Limestone
Structure:	Graves Creek And Rock Creek Synclines; Twenty Four Mile Anticline, Thrust And Block Faults Of Bannock Thrust Zone
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W026129
MAS	160290042
DEP	10078016
Reference	{Deposit:: Mansfield, G. R., 1929 , Geography, Geology, And Mineral Resources Of The Portneuf Quadrangle, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 803 , 110 P.}{Deposit:: Mansfield, G. R., 1927 , Geography, Geology, And Mineral Resources Of Part Of Southeastern Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 152 , 453 P.}{Deposit:: Service, A. L., 1966 , An Evaluation Of The Western Phosphate Industry And Its Resources, Part 3 , Idaho: USBM Rept. Inv. 6801 , 201 P.}{Deposit:: V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Preston Quad, Location No. 7}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)