Mine detail: Pole Canyon Phosphate Deposit

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Location: Caribou County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.65992, -111.243
dep_id: 10089426
mrds_id: W026169
mas_id: 160290099
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Surface
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Prospect
orebody_fm: IRREGULAR
ore_ctrl: Structure
Reporter: Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)
hrock_unit: Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert;Wells Formation-Sandstone, Limestone;Thaynes Formation-Sandstone, Limestone, Shale;Dinwoody Formation-Shale, Limestone
hrock_type: Shale
Structure: Georgetown Syncline, Snowdrift Anticline, Dry Valley Anticline, Dry Valley Fault
tectonic: Miogeosyncline
References:
  • 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:: V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Preston Quad, Location No. 123
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