Mine detail: Phosphate Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.41182, -111.3989

Resource(N)

Primary:

Phosphorus-Phosphates

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert, Sandstone;;;
Host type:	Shale
Associated rock:	Garden City Limestone-Limestone;Garden City Limestone-Conglomerate;Saltlake Formation-Conglomerate;Saltlake Formation-Sandstone
Associated type:	Limestone
Structure:	Paris Thrust Fault
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W026141
MAS	160070042
DEP	10078025
Reference	{Deposit:: Mansfield, G. R., 1927 , Geography, Geology, And Mineral Resources Of Part Of Southeastern Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 152 , 453 P}{Deposit:: 1927 Recon G. R. Mansfield, Prof. Paper 15}{Deposit:: V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Preston Quad, Location No. 178}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)