Mine detail: Wells Canyon Phosphate Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

42.5252, -111.2358

Resource(N)

Tertiary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert, Sandstone;;;
Host type:	Shale
Associated rock:	Wells Formation-Sandstone, Limestone;Wells Formation-Sandstone, Limestone;Thaynes Formation-Shale, Limestone, Sandstone;Thaynes Formation-Shale, Limestone, Sandstone;Thaynes Formation-Shale, Limestone, Sandstone;Dinwoody Formation-Shale, Limestone;Dinwoody Formation-Shale, Limestone
Associated type:	Limestone
Structure:	Webster Syncline, Georgetown Syncline, Snowdrift Anticline, Boulder Creek Anticline, Meade Overthrust
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W026153
DEP	10089419
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:: SHELDON, R. P., AND OTHERS, 1953 , STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN IDAHO, 1949 , PART 1 : USGS CIRC. 304 , 30 P.}{Deposit:: *ALLEY, F. W., AND OTHERS, 1953 , STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN IDAHO, 1947 - 1948 , PART 3 : USGS CIRC. 262 , 43 P.}{Deposit:: 1927 RECON G. R. MANSFIELD, PROF. PAPER 152}{Deposit:: 1944 DIREXPL CHARLES DEISS, USGS BULL. 982 - A}{Deposit:: 1949 DIREXPL CENTRAL FARMER *FERTILIZER CO., USGS CIRC. 304}{Deposit:: 1953 COMPILE F. W. *ALLEY AND OTHERS, CIRC. 262}{Deposit:: 1953 COMPILE R. P. SHELDON AND OTHERS, CIRC. 304}{Deposit:: 1966 RECON USBM REPT. INV. 6801}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)