Mine detail: Johnson Creek Phosphate Deposit

Previously called 'South Fork, Johnson Creek Phosphate Deposit'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.65743, -111.4369

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, Sandstone, Chert;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, Minor Faults And Folds
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W026162
MAS	160290097
DEP	10078039
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. 114}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)