Mine detail: Phosphate Deposit

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Location: Bingham County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.10961, -112.07503
dep_id: 10096393
mrds_id: W015709
mas_id: 160110056
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore_ctrl: Structure
Reporter: Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)
hrock_unit: Phosphoria Formation;Phosphoria Formation;;
hrock_type: Shale,Chert
arock_unit: Timothy Sandstone;Thaynes Formation;Thaynes Formation;Thaynes Formation;Portneuf Limestone
arock_type: Limestone
References:
  • Deposit:: Mansfield, G. R., 1920, Geography, Geology, And Mineral Resources Of The Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 713, 152 P
  • Deposit:: 1920 Recon Mansfield, G. R., Bulletin 71
  • Deposit:: V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Idaho Falls, Location No. 179
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