Mine detail: Phosphate Deposit

Previously called 'Monsanto Lease'

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Location

Lat / long:

42.96272, -111.68692

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:	Wells Formation-Sandstone;Wells Formation-Limestone;Dinwoody Formation-Shale;Dinwoody Formation-Limestone;Thaynes Formation-Limestone;Thaynes Formation-Sandstone;Thaynes Formation-Shale
Associated type:	Limestone
Structure:	Snowdrift Anticline, Georgetown And Reservoir Synclines, Little Gray Fault
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W026133
DEP	10096451
Reference	{Deposit:: MANSFIELD, G. R., 1927 , GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PART OF SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 152 , 453 P.}{Deposit:: SERVICE, A. L., 1966 , AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES, PART 3 , IDAHO: USBM REPT. INV. 6801 , 201 P.}{Deposit:: DAVIDSON, D. F., AND OTHERS, 1953 , STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN IDAHO, 1949 , PART 2 : USGS CIRC. 305 , 28 P.}{Deposit:: 1927 RECON G. R. MANSFIELD, PROF. PAPER 152}{Deposit:: 1953 COMPILE D. F. DAVIDSON AND OTHERS, CIRC. 305}{Deposit:: 1966 RECON USBM REPT. INV. 6801}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)