Mine detail: Phosphate Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

43.11162, -111.79722

Resource(N)

Tertiary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Pumice
Orebody form:	BLANKET

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert;Wells Formation-Sandstone, Siliceous Limestone;Brazer Limestone
Host type:	Shale
Associated rock:	Willow Creek Lava Field-Basalt
Associated type:	Basalt
Structure:	Bannock Overthrust, Minor Folds And Faults
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W019280
MAS	160110051
DEP	10090098
Reference	{Deposit:: Mansfield, G. R., 1952 , Geography, Geology, And Mineral Resources Of The Ammon And Paradise Valley Quadrangles, Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 238 , 92 P.}{Deposit:: Mansfield, G. R., 1927 , Geography, Geology, And Mineral Resources Of Part Of Southeastern Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 152 , 453 P.}{Deposit:: 1927 Recon G. R. Mansfield, Prof. Paper 152}{Deposit:: 1952 Recon G. R. Mansfield, Prof. Paper 238}{Deposit:: V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Driggs Quad, Location No. 160}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)