Mine detail: Phosphate Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

42.57772, -111.4111

Resource(N)

Tertiary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
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;Dinwoody Formation-Shale;Dinwoody Formation-Limestone;Thaynes Formation-Shale;Thaynes Formation-Limestone;Thaynes Formation-Sandstone
Associated type:	Limestone
Structure:	Aspen Range Anticline, Thrust And Block Faults Of Bannock Thrust Zone, Minor Unnamed Synclines, Anticlines, And Faults
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W026139
DEP	10078024
Reference	{Deposit:: MANSFIELD, G. R., 1927 , GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PART OF SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 152 , 453 P}{Deposit:: 1910 DIREXPL J. H. BRIDGES, USGS PROF. PAPER 152}{Deposit:: 1910 DIREXPL SAN FRANCISCO CHEM. CO., USGS PROF. PAPER 152}{Deposit:: 1927 RECON G. R. MANSFIELD, PROF. PAPER 152}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)