Mine detail: Snow King Mountain Trench

Previously called 'USGS Lot No. Cp-14'

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Location

Lat / long:

43.44992, -110.7544

Resource(B)

Primary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Secondary:	Vanadium, Silver, Mercury, Chromium
Ore:	Mercury, Silver
Orebody form:	BLANKET
Discovery year:	1966

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Dinwoody;Phosphoria
Host type:	Mudstone,Siltstone,Sandstone,Phosphorite
Structure:	Game Creek Thrust Fault 1 Mile South; Jackson Fault, 1.5 Miles North; Both Trend E-W.

References

MRDS	W032510
DEP	10080969
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS GQ I-769-A}{Deposit:: GERE, W.C., SCHELL E.M., AND MOORE, K.P., 1966, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS AND PHOSPHATE ANALYSES OF PERMIAN ROCKS IN THE TETON RANGE AND PARTS OF THE SNAKE RIVER AND GROS VENTRE RANGES, IDAHO AND WYOMING: USGS OPEN FILE REPORT}
Reporter	Suekawa, Harry S. (Barari, Rachel A.)