Mine detail: Blackfoot Mountains Phosphate Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

43.04132, -111.79692

Resource(N)

Tertiary:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Orebody form:	BLANKET

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert;;Brazer Limestone
Host type:	Shale
Associated rock:	Willow Creek Lava Field-Basalt;Wells Formation;Wells Formation
Associated type:	Limestone
Structure:	Bannock Overthrust, Snowdrift Anticline, Georgetown Syncline, Minor Faults
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W019281
DEP	10096429
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 , P. 221 - 222}{Deposit:: SERVICE, A. L., 1966 , AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES: USBM REPT. INV. 6801 , 201 P.}{Deposit:: 1927 RECON G. R. MANSFIELD, PROF. PAPER 152}{Deposit:: 1952 RECON G. R. MANSFIELD, PROF. PAPER 238}{Deposit:: 1966 COMPILE USBM REPT. INV. 6801}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)