Mine detail: Ballard Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 42.81852, -111.47501

Resource(N)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Orebody form: IRREGULAR

Production

Operation type: Surface
Production size: Medium
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1952

Geology

Host rock:Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert;;;
Host type:Shale
Associated rock:Wells Formation-Limestone;Wells Formation-Sandstone;Dinwoody Formation-Shale;Dinwoody Formation-Limestone;Thaynes Formation-Shale;Thaynes Formation-Limestone;Thaynes Formation-Sandstone
Associated type:Limestone
Structure:Georgetown Syncline, Schmid Syncline, Wooley Valley Anticline, Blackfoot Fault
Tectonic:Miogeosyncline

References

MRDSW026178
MAS160290040
DEP10089430
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:: USGS, 1975 , Development Of Phosphate Resources In Southeastern Idaho: Draft Environmental Impact Statement, V. 1 , P. 1 - 23}{Deposit:: Minobras, 1975 , Idaho Industrial Minerals, P. 26 .}{Deposit:: 5) Powell, J. D., 1974 , Evaluation Of Phosphate Resources In Southeastern Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Inf. Circ. 25 , 33 P.}{Deposit:: 6) Davidson, D. F., And Others, 1953 , Stratigraphic Sections Of The Phosphoria Formation In Idaho, 1949 , Pt. 2 : USGS Circ. 305 , 28 P.}{Deposit:: 1927 Recon G. R. Mansfield, Prof. Paper 152}{Deposit:: 1952 Direxpl Monsanto Co., USBM Rept. Inv. 6801}{Deposit:: 1953 Compile D. F. Davidson And Others, Circ. 305}{Deposit:: 1966 Recon USBM Rept. Inv. 6801}{Deposit:: 1974 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Inf. Circ. 25}{Deposit:: 1975 Recon Draft Environmental Impact Statement, V. 1}{Production:: USGS, 1975 , Draft Environmental Impact Statement, V. 1 , P. 23}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)