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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