Mine detail: Diamond Gulch Phosphate Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.60552, -111.4436

Resource(N)

Primary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1960

Geology

Host rock:	Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert, Sandstone;Dinwoody Formation-Shale, Limestone;Wells Formation-Sandstone, Limestone
Host type:	Shale
Structure:	Trail Creek Syncline, Aspen Range Anticline, Thrust And Block Faults Of Bannock Thrust Zone, Smaller Unnamed Faults And Folds
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W026138
MAS	160290019
DEP	10078023
Reference	{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:: USGS, 1975 , Development Of Phosphate Resources In Southeastern Idaho: Draft Environmental Impact Statement, V. 1 , P. 255}{Production:: USGS, 1975 , Draft Environmental Impact Statement, V. 1 , P. 255}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)