Mine detail: Grizzly Creek Phosphate Property

Previously called 'Grizzley Creek'

<< Back to the map

Location

Lat / long:

42.95462, -111.80412

Resource(N)

Primary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert;Wells Formation-Sandstone, Limestone
Host type:	Shale
Structure:	Reservoir, Nigger Creek, And Graves Creek Synclines; Grizzly Creek And Corral Creek Anticlines, Little - Gray Fault, Bannock Overthrust
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W026172
MAS	160290058
DEP	10078042
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.}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)