Mine detail: Maybe Canyon Phosphate Mine

Previously called 'Kendall CanyonNorth Dry RidgeMabie CanyonSouth Maybe CanyonDry Valley MineNorth Maybe CanyonDry Valley, Area D, 22-258Upper Valley, Area C, 22-35'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.76212, -111.3125

Resource(B)

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

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1966
Last production ended: 1983

Geology

Host rock:Phosphoria Formation
Host type:Shale,Limestone

References

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MAS160290034
DEP10119724
Reference{Deposit:: BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON}{Reserve-Resource:: CARTER, R. A. AN INTEGRATED INDUSTRY - PHOSPHATE MINING AND MILLING IN IDAHO. MIN. ENG., V. 30, NO. 1, 1978. PP. 29-36.}{Reserve-Resource:: CRESSMAN, E. R. AND R. A. GULBRANDSEN. GEOLOGY OF THE DRY VALLEY QUADRANGLE, IDAHO. U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 1015-I, 1955, PP. 357-370.}{Reserve-Resource:: DAY, R. L. TRENDS IN THE PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY OF IDAHO AND THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD. ID BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 155, 1973, 63 PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: EMIGH, G. D. PETROGRAPHY, MINERALOGY, AND ORIGIN OF PHOSPHATE PELLETS IN THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION. ID BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET NO. 114, 1958, 60 PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: GARRAND, L. J. PHOSPHATE STUDY SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO. U.S. FOREST SERVICE CONTRACT NO. 50-820, GARRAND CORP., 1975.}{Reserve-Resource:: LI, T. M. SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO PHOSPHATE DURING MINING: HOW AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT DISTORTS GROWTH PLANS. MIN. ENG., V. 30, NO. 1, 1978, PP. 25-28.}{Reserve-Resource:: MANSFIELD, G. R. GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO. U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 152, 1927.}{Reserve-Resource:: MARTIN, G. W. MINERALOGY OF PHOSPHATE OOLITES. ECON. GEOL, V. 53, NO. 8, 1958, PP. 1046-1048.}{Reserve-Resource:: MCDIVITT, J. F. ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF PHOSPHATE AND OTHER MINERALS IN SOUTHERN IDAHO. ID BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET NO. 111, 1956.}{Reserve-Resource:: POWELL, J. D. EVALUATION OF PHOSPHATE RESOURCES IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO. ID BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. IC NO. 25, 1974, 33 PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: RICHARDS, R. W. GEOLOGY OF THE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF GEORGETOWN, IDAHO. U.S. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 577, 1914.}{Reserve-Resource:: RIOUX, R. C. GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE UPPER VALLEY QUADRANGLE, CARIBOU COUNTY, IDAHO. U.S. GEOL. SURV. MAP GQ-1194, 1975.}{Reserve-Resource:: RULE, A. R., D. E. KIRBY, AND D. C. DAHLIN. RECENT ADVANCES IN BENEFICIATION OF WESTERN PHOSPHATES. MIN. ENG., V. 30, NO. 1, 1978, PP. 36-40.}{Reserve-Resource:: SERVICE, A. L. AND POPOFF. AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES (IN FIVE PARTS); PART I, INTRODUCTORY REVIEW. BUMINES 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 BUMINES RI 6801, 1966, 201 PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: SERVICE, A. L. AND N. S. PETERSEN. AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES (IN FIVE PARTS); PART 5, TRENDS AND OUTLOOK. BUMINES RI 6935, 1967, 131 PP.}{Reserve-Resource:: THOMPSON, M.E. DISTRIBUTION OF URANIUM IN RICH PHOSPHATE BEDS OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION. U.S. GEOL. SURV. 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. GEOL. SURV. BULL. 1099-D, 1954, PP. 107-122.}{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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