Mine detail: Fall Creek Coal Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

43.35881, -111.53221

Resource(M)

Primary:	Bituminous
Tertiary:	Uranium
Gangue:	Jarosite, Pyrite
Discovery year:	1922

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Sedimentary
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1922

Geology

Host rock:	Bear River Formation-Coaly Shale, Limestone, Coal, Quartzite
Host type:	Coal
Structure:	Gouge, Fractures, Joints, Shear Planes, Anticline Which Trends Nw

References

MRDS	W019285
DEP	10089388
Reference	{Deposit:: VINE, J. D., 1959, GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS IN CARBONACEOUS ROCKS OF THE FALL CREEK AREA, BONNEVILLE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1055-I, P. 255-294}{Deposit:: VINE, J. D., AND MOORE, G.-W., 1952, URANIUM-BEARING COAL AND CARBONACEOUS ROCKS IN THE FALL CREEK AREA, BONNEVILLE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS CIRC. 212, 10 P.}{Deposit:: KIILSGAARD, T. H., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES - COAL, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 58-66}{Deposit:: 1952 RECON J. D. VINE AND G. W. MOORE, CIRC, 212}{Deposit:: 1959 RECON J. R. VINE, BULL. 1055-I}{Deposit:: 1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)