Mine detail: Phosphate Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.48882, -111.2216

Resource(N)

Tertiary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Gangue:	Travertine
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:	Dinwoody Formation-Limestone;Dinwoody Formation-Shale
Associated type:	Shale,Limestone
Structure:	Meade Overthrust, Boulder Creek, Snowdrift, Home Canyon Anticlines, Webster And Red Mountain Synclines, Other Minor Folds
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W026154
DEP	10078036
Reference	{Deposit:: MANSFIELD, G. R., 1927 , GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PART OF SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 152 , 453 P.}{Deposit:: POWELL, J. D., 1974 , EVALUATION OF PHOSPHATE RESOURCES IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 25 , 33 P.}{Deposit:: 1927 RECON G. R. MANSFIELD, PROF. PAPER 152}{Deposit:: 1974 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INF. CIRC. 25}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)