Mine detail: Phosphate Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

42.69822, -111.10889

Resource(N)

Primary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

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

References

MRDS	W026158
MAS	160290100
DEP	10089421
Reference	{Deposit:: Mansfield, G. R., 1927 , Geography, Geology, And Mineral Resources Of Part Of Southeastern Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 152 , 453 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:: V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Preston Quad, Location No. 132}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)