Mine detail: Phosphate Deposit

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

42.46212, -111.4241

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:	Swan Peak Quartzite;Wasatch Formation-Conglomerate;Wasatch Formation-Sandstone;Wasatch Formation-Limestone;Salt Lake Formation-Conglomerate;Salt Lake Formation-Sandstone
Associated type:	Quartzite
Structure:	Unnamed Buried Anticline, Thrust And Block Faults Of Bannock Thrust Zone
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W026140
MAS	160070082
DEP	10096452
Reference	{Deposit:: Mansfield, G. R., 1927 , Geography, Geology, And Mineral Resources Of Part Of Southeastern Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 152 , 453 P}{Deposit:: 1927 Recon G. R. Mansfield, Prof. Paper 15}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)