Mine detail: Gay Mine

Previously called 'Simplot Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 43.04851, -112.11363

Resource(B)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: REE, Fluorine-Fluorite, Vanadium, Uranium
Other material: Chalcedony, Collophane, Dolomite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Montmorillonite, Orthoclase, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1946

Geology

Host rock:Phosphoria Formation
Host type:Shale,Limestone

References

MRDSISM0341
MAS160110035
DEP10119519
Reference{Deposit:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON}{Production:: WORLD MINES REGISTER 1981-82, SAN FRANCISCO}{Reserve-Resource:: CARTER, RUSSELL A. AN INTEGRATED INDUSTRY-PHOSPHATE MINING AND MILLING IN IDAHO. MINING ENGINEERING V. 30, NO. 1, 1978, PP. 29-36.}{Reserve-Resource:: EMIGH, G. D. PETROGRAPHY, MINERALOGY, AND ORIGIN OF PHOSPHATE PELLETS IN THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINE AND GEOL., PAMPHLET NO. 114, 1958, 60 PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: FOWLER, HEATH B. PHOSPHATE MINING BY THE SIMPLOT FERTILIZER COMPANY NEAR FORT HALL, IDAHO IN SYMPOSIUM OF WESTERN PHOSPHATE MINING. MINING ENGINEERING V. 1 AUGUST 1949, PP. 291-295.}{Reserve-Resource:: GARRAND, L. J. PHOSPHATE STUDY SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO. U. S. FOREST SERVICE CONTRACT NO. 50-820. GARRAND CORP., 1975.}{Reserve-Resource:: LI, TA M. SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO DURING MINING: HOW AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT DESTORTS GROWTH PLANS. MINING ENGINEERING, V. 30, NO.1, 1978, PP. 25-28.}{Reserve-Resource:: MANSFIELD, G. R. GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO. U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 152, 1927.}{Reserve-Resource:: MARTIN, G. W. MINERALOGY OF PHOSPHATE OOLITES. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 53, NO. 8, 1958, PP. 1046-1048.}{Reserve-Resource:: MCDIVITT, J. F. ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF PHOSPHATE AND OTHER MINERALS IN SOUTHERN IDAHO. IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMPHLET NO. 111, 1956.}{Reserve-Resource:: POWELL, J. D. EVALUATION OF PHOSPHATE RESOURCES IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO. IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. INFORMATION CIRC. NO. 25, 1974, 33 PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: PRATER, LEWIS S. AGRICULTURAL MINERALS. IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. INF. CIRC. NO. 3. 1958, 17. PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: RULE, A. R., D. E. KIRBY, AND D. C. DAHLIN. RECENT ADVANCES IN BENEFICIATION OF WESTERN PHOSHATES. MINING ENGINEERING, V. 30, NO. 1, 1978, PP. 36-40.}{Reserve-Resource:: SCHMITT, W. O. GAY MINE, FORT HALL, IDAHO. ANATOMY OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD, FIFTEENTH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE INTERMOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGISTS, 1967.}{Reserve-Resource:: SERVICE, A. L. AND C. C. POPOFF. AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES (IN FIVE PARTS); PART 1, INTRODUCTORY REVIEW. U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, RI 6485, 1964, 86 PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: SERVICE, A.L. AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES (IN FIVE PARTS); PART 3, IDAHO. U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, RI 6801, 1966, 201 PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: SERVICE, A. L. AND N. S. PETERSON. AN EVALUATION OF THE PARTS); PART 5, TRENDS AND OUTLOOK. U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, RI 6935, 1967, 131 PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: STROWD, W. B., V. E. MITCHELL, G. S. HUSTEDDE, AND E. H. BENNETT. MINES AND PROSPECTS OF HE IDAHO FALLS QUADRANGLE, IDAHO. IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, LOCATION NO. 187, 1981.}{Reserve-Resource:: THOMPSON, M. E. DISTRIBUTION OF URANIUM IN RICH PHOSPHATE BEDS OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 988-D, 1953, PP. 45-65.}{Reserve-Resource:: THOMPSON, M. E. FURTHER STUDIES OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF URANIUM IN RICH PHOSPHATE BEDS OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION. U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 1099-D, 1954, PP. 107-122.}{Reserve-Resource:: TOWN, J. W., C. W. CLARK, C. W. SANDERS, AND E. E. SULLIVAN. BATCH AND CONTINUOUS-CIRCUIT BENEFICIATION OF WESTERN PHOSPHATE ORES. U. S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 69307, 1967, 42 PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U. S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, AND U. S. FOREST SERVICE. FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT/DEVELOPMENT OF PHOSPHATE RESOURCES IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO, FOUR VOLUMES, 1978.}
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