Mine detail: Caldwell Canyon Proposed Mine

Previously called 'Caldwell Canyon SiteDry Canyon Prospect 1966'

Location:	Caribou County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long:	42.72742, -111.3716
dep_id:	10216731
mrds_id:	W026163
mas_id:	160290162
Commodity type:	metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral:	Phosphorus-Phosphates
Trace mineral:	Uranium, REE, Fluorine-Fluorite, Vanadium
Operation type:	Surface
Development status:	Prospect
other_matl:	Calcite, Chalcedony, Collophane, Dolomite, Kaolinite, Limonite, Montmorillonite, Orthoclase, Pyrite, Quartz, Sericite
orebody_fm:	TABULAR
work_type:	Surface
Reporter:	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat), Buckingham, David A.
hrock_unit:	Phosphoria Formation
hrock_type:	Shale,Chert
arock_unit:	Wells Formation, Dinwoody Formation, Thaynes Formation
arock_type:	Limestone,Sandstone,Shale
References:	Commodity:: 1975 RECON DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, V. 2 , PT. 9.3 Deposit:: MANSFIELD, G. R., 1927 , GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PART OF SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 152 , 453 P. Deposit:: 1927 RECON G. R. MANSFIELD, PROF. PAPER 152 Deposit:: 1953 COMPILE V. E. MC KELVEY AND OTHERS, CIRC. 208 Deposit:: 1966 RECON USBM REPT. INV. 6801 Deposit:: CARTER, RUSSELL A., 1978, AN INTEGRATED INDUSTRY - PHOSPHATE MINING AND MILLING IN IDAHO: MINING ENGINEERING, V. 30, NO. 1, P. 29-36. Deposit:: DAY, R. L., 1973, TRENDS IN THE PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY OF IDAHO AND THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, PAMPHLET 155, 63 P. Deposit:: LI, TA M., 1978, SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO PHOSPHATE MINING: HOW AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT DISTORTS GROWTH PLANS: MINING ENGINEERING, V. 30, NO. 1, P. 25-28. Deposit:: MC DIVITT, J. F., 1956, ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF PHOSPHATE AND OTHER MINERALS IN SOUTHERN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, PAMPHLET NO. 111, 48 P. Deposit:: POWELL, J. D., 1974, EVALUATION OF PHOSPHATE RESOURCES IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, INFORMATION CIRCULAR NO. 25, 33 P. Deposit:: RULE, A. R., D. E. KIRBY, AND D. C. DAHLIN, 1978, RECENT ADVANCES IN BENEFICIATION OF WESTERN PHOSPHATES: MINING ENGINEERING, V. 30, NO. 1, P. 37-40. Deposit:: SERVICE, A. L., 1966, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES (IN FIVE PARTS), 3. IDAHO: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6801, 201 P. Deposit:: SERVICE, A. L., AND PETERSEN, N. S., 1967, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES (IN FIVE PARTS) TRENDS AND OUTLOOK: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6935, 131 P. Deposit:: SERVICE, A. L. AND POPOFF, C. C., 1964, AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES (IN FIVE PARTS), 1. INTRODUCTION REVIEW: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 6485, 86 P. Deposit:: THOMPSON, M. E., 1953, DISTRIBUTION OF URANIUM IN RICH PHOSPHATE BEDS OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 988-D, P. 45-65 Deposit:: THOMPSON, M.E ., 1954, FURTHER STUDIES OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF URANIUM IN RICH PHOSPHATE BEDS OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1009-D, P. 107-122 Geology:: CRESSMAN, E. R., AND GULBRANDSEN, R. A., 1955, GEOLOGY OF THE DRY VALLEY QUADRANGLE, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1015-I, P. 257-270. Geology:: GULBRANDSEN, R. A., MC LAUGHLIN, K. P., HUNKALA, F. S., AND CLABAUGH, S. E., 1956, GEOLOGY OF THE JOHNSON CREEK QUADRANGLE, CARIBOU COUNTY IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGIC SURVEY BULL. 1042-A, P. 1-21. Geology:: MC KELVEY, V. E., DAVIDSON, D. F., ALLEY, F. W., SMITH, L. E., ARMSTRONG, F. C., AND SHELDON, R. P., 1952, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN IDAHO, 1947-48, PT. 1: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TRACE ELEMENTS INVESTIGATIONS REPORT 183, P. 18-28. Geology:: MC KELVEY, V. E., DAVIDSON, D. F., ALLEY, F. W., AND SMITH, L. E., 1953, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN IDAHO 1947-48, PT. 1: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 208, P. 14-24. Geology:: *ALLEY, F. W., DAVIDSON, D. F., HOPPIN, R. A., SHELDON, R. P., 1953, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN IDAHO, 1947-48, PT. III: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY TRACE ELEMENTS INVESTIGATIONS REPORT 188, P. 20-22. Geology:: EMIGH, G. D., 1958, PETROGRAPHY, MINERALOGY AND ORIGIN OF PHOSPHATE PELLETS IN THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, PAMPHLET NO. 114, 60 P. Geology:: MARTIN, G. W., 1958, MINERALOGY OF PHOSPHATE OOLITES: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 53, NO. 8, DECEMBER, P. 1046-1048. Reserve-Resource:: GARRAND, L. J., 1975, PHOSPHATE STUDY SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO, FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CARIBOU NATIONAL FOREST, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE CONTRACT NO. 50-820: GARRAND CORP. Reserve-Resource:: U.S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, AND FOREST SERVICE, 1978, FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT/ DEVELOPMENT OF PHOSPHATE RESOURCES IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO, FOUR VOLUMES.