Mine detail: Phosphate Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

42.63382, -111.11829

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:	Brazer Limestone-Limestone, Chert, Shale;Brazer Limestone-Limestone, Chert, Shale;Brazer Limestone-Limestone, Chert, Shale;Nugget Sandstone
Associated type:	Limestone
Structure:	Boulder Creek Anticline, Meade Thrust Fault, Giraffe Creek Syncline, Sublette Anticline, Red Mountain Syncline, Minor Folds And Faults
Tectonic:	Miogeosyncline

References

MRDS	W026159
MAS	160290106
DEP	10096454
Reference	MANSFIELD, G. R., 1927 , GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PART OF SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 152 , 453 P
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)