Mine detail: Slug Creek Valley Phosphate Deposit

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Location

Lat / long:

42.70132, -111.3644

Resource(N)

Primary:

Phosphorus-Phosphates

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale
Host type:	Shale
Structure:	Schmid Syncline

References

MRDS	W026187
MAS	160290017
DEP	10096456
Reference	{Deposit:: Mc Kelvey, V. E., And Others, 1953 , Stratigraphic Sections Of The Phosphoria Formation In Idaho, 1947 - 1948 , Part 1 : USGS Circ. 208 , 49 P.}{Deposit:: *alley, F. W., And Others, 1953 , Stratigraphic Sections Of The Phosphoria Formation In Idaho, 1947 - 1948 , Part 3 : USGS Circ. 262 , 43 P.}{Deposit:: V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Preston Quad, Location No. 110}
Reporter	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)