Mine detail: Dry Ridge Phosphate Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

42.64852, -111.2239

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;Wells Formation-Limestone, Sandstone;Dinwoody Formation-Limestone, Shale;Thaynes Formation-Shale, Limestone, Sandstone
Host type:	Shale
Structure:	Boulder Creek Anticline, Webster Syncline, Snowdrift Anticline, Georgetown Syncline, Dry Valley Anticline, Dry Valley Fault, Minor Folds
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W026165
DEP	10089424
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:: 1927 RECON G. R. MANSFIELD, PROF. PAPER 152}{Deposit:: 1966 RECON USBM REPT. INV. 6801}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)