Mine detail: Portneuf Reservoir Phosphate Property

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 42.93932, -111.93392

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:Graves Creek Syncline, Twenty Four Mile Anticline, Thrust Faults
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline

References

MRDSW026177
MAS160290049
DEP10078044
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.}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)