Mine detail: Phosphate Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

42.66182, -111.49191

Resource(N)

Primary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Orebody form:	IRREGULAR

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert, Sandstone;;
Host type:	Shale
Associated rock:	Dinwoody Formation-Shale;Dinwoody Formation-Limestone;Thaynes Formation-Limestone;Thaynes Formation-Shale;Thaynes Formation-Sandstone
Associated type:	Limestone
Structure:	Major Synclines And Anticlines, Thrust And Block Faults Of Bannock Thrust Zone
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W026136
MAS	160290093
DEP	10090102
Reference	{Deposit:: Mansfield, G. R., 1927 , Geography, Geology, And Mineral Resources Of Part Of Southeastern Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 152 , 453 P.}{Deposit:: Powell, J. D., 1974 , Evaluation Of Phosphate Resources In Southeastern Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Inf. Circ. 25 , 33 P.}{Deposit:: V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Preston Quad, Location No. 94}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)