Mine detail: Dry Canyon Phosphate Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.65572, -111.4111

Resource(N)

Primary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert, Sandstone;Dinwoody Formation-Shale, Limestone;Wells Formation-Sandstone, Limestone
Host type:	Shale
Structure:	Trail Creek Syncline, Aspen Range Anticline, Thrust And Block Faults Of Bannock Thrust Zone, Smaller Unnamed Faults And Folds
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W026161
MAS	160290095
DEP	10078038
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, Part 3 , Idaho: USBM Rept. Inv. 6801 , 201 P.}{Deposit:: V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Preston Quad, Location No. 112}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)