Mine detail: Pole Canyon Phosphate Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

42.65992, -111.243

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

References

MRDS	W026169
MAS	160290099
DEP	10089426
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:: V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Preston Quad, Location No. 123}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)