Mine detail: Miner Creek Phosphate Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

43.23661, -111.87773

Resource(N)

Primary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite
Orebody form:	BLANKET

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;Wells Formation
Associated type:	Sandstone,Limestone
Structure:	W Branch Bannock Overthrust, Mt. Taylor Anticline, Extensive Faulting
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W019279
MAS	160110002
DEP	10089386
Reference	{Deposit:: Mansfield, G. R., 1952 , Geography, Geology, And Mineral Resources Of The Ammon And Paradise Valley Quadrangles, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 238 , 92 P}{Deposit:: 1952 Recon G. R. Mansfield, Prof. Paper 23}{Deposit:: V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Driggs Quad, Location No. 153}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)