Mine detail: Middle Sulphur Canyon Proposed Mine

Previously called 'Sulphur Canyon #2Middle Sulphur Canyon Mining PlanMiddle Sulphur Canyon #2'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.64802, -111.4625

Resource(B)

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, Vanadium, Uranium
Other material: Calcite, Dolomite, Feldspar, Limonite, Sericite

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Phosphoria Formation
Host type:Shale,Chert
Associated rock:Dinwoody Formation, Wells Formation
Associated type:Shale,Limestone

References

MRDSW026160
MAS160290158
DEP10119635
Reference{Deposit:: USGS, 1975 , DEVELOPMENT OF PHOSPHATE RESOURCES IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO: DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, V. 2 , PT. 10.2 , P. 30 - 62}{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:: 1910 DIREXPL SAN FRANCISCO CHEMICAL CO., USBM REPT. INV. 6801}{Deposit:: FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT VOL. 11, DEVELOPMENT OF PHOSPHATE RESOURCES IN SOUTHERN IDAHO, USGS, BLM, FOREST SERVICE, 1977}{Deposit:: 1948 DIREXPL USBM, USGS CIRC. 208}{Deposit:: 1953 COMPILE V. E. MC KELVEY AND OTHERS, CIRC. 208}{Deposit:: GARRAND, LEONARD, 1975, PHOSPHATE STUDY OF SE IDAHO FOR USDA -FOREST SERVICE}{Deposit:: 1966 RECON USBM REPT. INV. 6801}{Deposit:: SERVICE, A.L., 1966, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES, PART 3, IDAHO. US BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6801}{Deposit:: 1975 RECON DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, V. 2 , PT. 10.2}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Buckingham, David A.