Mine detail: Wooley Valley Unit 3

Previously called 'Little Long Valley Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.84272, -111.42111

Resource(B)

Tertiary:	REE, Uranium, Vanadium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert;;;
Host type:	Shale
Associated rock:	Wells Formation-Sandstone, Limestone;Wells Formation-Sandstone, Limestone;Dinwoody Formation-Shale, Limestone;Dinwoody Formation-Shale, Limestone;Thaynes Formation-Shale, Limestone, Sandstone;Thaynes Formation-Shale, Limestone, Sandstone;Thaynes Formation-Shale, Limestone, Sandstone
Associated type:	Limestone
Structure:	Georgetown Syncline, Minor Longitudinal Faults
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W026180
DEP	10078046
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:: FLETCHER, G. D., 1962 , SIXTY - THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1962 , P. 53}{Deposit:: USGS, 1975 , DEVELOPMENT OF PHOSPHATE RESOURCES IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO: DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, V. 2 , PT. 11.1 , P. 2 - 35}{Deposit:: 1927 RECON G. R. MANSFIELD, PROF. PAPER 152}{Deposit:: 1962 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTO * REPORT, 1962}{Deposit:: 1962 DIREXPL RUBY CO., IDAHO INSPECTOR OF MINES ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1962}{Deposit:: 1966 RECON USBM REPT. INV. 6801}{Deposit:: 1975 RECON DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, V. 2 , PT. 11.1}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)