Mine detail: Phosphate Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.77352, -111.1189

Resource(N)

Primary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert, Sandstone;
Host type:	Shale
Associated rock:	Thaynes Formation-Shale;Thaynes Formation-Limestone;Thaynes Formation-Sandstone
Associated type:	Limestone
Structure:	Meade Thrust Fault, Boulder Anticline, Spring Creek Syncline
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W026157
MAS	160290089
DEP	10089420
Reference	{Deposit:: Mansfield, G. R., 1927 , Geography, Geology, And Mineral Resources Of Part Of Southeastern Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 152 , 453 P}{Deposit:: V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Preston Quad, Location No. 65}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)