Mine detail: Phosphate Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.59714, -111.17886

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-Limestone;Wells Formation-Sandstone;Dinwoody Formation-Limestone;Dinwoody Formation-Shale;Thaynes Formation-Shale;Thaynes Formation-Limestone;Thaynes Formation-Sandstone
Associated type:	Limestone
Structure:	Boulder Creek Anticline, Webster Syncline, Snowdrift Anticline, Georgetown Syncline, Dry Valley Anticline, Dry Ridge Fault, Minor Folds
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W026152
DEP	10078035
Reference	{Deposit:: MANSFIELD, G. R., 1927 , GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PART OF SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 152 , 453 P.}{Deposit:: MC KELVEY, V. E., AND OTHERS, 1953 , STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN IDAHO, 1947 - 1948 , PART 1 : USGS CIRC. 208 , 49 P.}{Deposit:: 1927 RECON G. R. MANSFIELD, PROF. PAPER 152}{Deposit:: 1953 COMPILE V. E. MC KELVEY AND OTHERS, CIRC. 208}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)