Mine detail: Fort Hall Indian Reservation Phosphate Bed

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.94103, -111.94582

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;Wells Formation-Limestone;Dinwoody Formation-Limestone, Siltstone, Shale
Host type:	Shale
Structure:	Minor Fault
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W026091
DEP	10096448
Reference	{Deposit:: MANSFIELD, G. R., 1920 , GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE FORT HALL INDIAN RESERVATION, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 713 , P. 99 - 103}{Deposit:: GALE, H. S., AND RICHARDS, R. W., 1910 , PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO AND ADJACENT PARTS OF WYOMING AND UTAH: USGS BULL. 430 , P. 457 - 535}{Deposit:: MANSFIELD, G. R., 1929 , GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PORTNEUF QUADRANGLE, IDAHO: USGS BULLETIN 803 , 110 P.}{Deposit:: 1910 RECON H. S. GALE AND R. W. RICHARDS, BULL. 430}{Deposit:: 1918 RECON G. R. MANSFIELD, BULL. 713}{Deposit:: 1929 RECON G. R. MANSFIELD, BULL. 803}
Reporter	Fabiyi, E. E. (Miller, Pat)