Mine detail: Bennington Canyon Mine

Previously called 'Teton Phosphate Co.Wright Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.37713, -111.2727

Resource(N)

Primary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type:	Surface
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1941

Geology

Host rock:	Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert, Sandstone;Wells Formation-Sandstone, Limestone;Dinwoody Formation-Shale, Limestone
Host type:	Shale
Structure:	Thrust And Block Faults Of Bannock Thrust Zone, Minor Faults And Folds
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W026147
MAS	160070086
DEP	10078031
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, 3 . Idaho: USBM Rept. Inv. 6801 , 201 P.}{Deposit:: Jones, C. C., 1913 , The Discovery And Opening Of A New Phosphate Field In The United States: Am. Inst. Mining Engineers Trans., V. 47 , P. 192 - 216}{Deposit:: 1927 Recon G. R. Mansfield, Prof. Paper 152}{Deposit:: 1966 Recon USBM Rept. Inv. 6801}{Deposit:: Gale, H.S., 1910, USGS Bull V. 430, P. 489}{Production:: Mansfield, G. R., 1927 , USGS Prof. Paper 152}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)