Mine detail: Smokey Canyon Mine

Previously called 'Area D, 35 Thru 48b, Stewart FlatArea A, Crow Creek NeSmoky Canyon Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.70682, -111.1322

Resource(B)

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

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

References

MRDSW700616
MAS160290079
DEP10265661
Reference{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, AND U.S. FOREST SERVICE, 1978, FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT / DEVELOPMENT OF PHOSPHATE RESOURCES IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO, FOUR VOLUMES.}{Deposit:: MINING MAGAZINE, JANUARY 1989, P. 45}{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, PAMPLET NO. 111, 48 P.}{Deposit:: POWELL, J. D., 1974, EVALUATION OF PHOSPHATE RESOURCES IN SOUTHEAST 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. INTRODUCTORY 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}{Deposit:: GARRAND, L., PHOSPHATE STUDY SOUTHWESTERN IDAHO, DEPARTMENT AGRICULTURE, CARIBOU NATIONAL FOREST (CONTRACT NO. 50-820) GARRAND CORPORATION, 1975.}{Deposit:: GOSLING, B.B. WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD-SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO ACTIVE MINES, BUREAU OF MINES, MINERALS AVAILABILITY REPORT, 1980, 150 PP.}{Deposit:: HAGIUS, F., PERSONAL COMMUNICATION-GENERAL PHOSPHATE RESOURCE AND ROYALTY INFORMATION, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1984.}{Deposit:: HOVLAND, D., PERSONAL COMMUNICATION-GENERAL PHOSPHATE INFORMATION, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, 1984.}{Deposit:: KIMBALL, R., PERSONAL COMMUNICATION-PROJECT MANAGER, SMOKY CANYON MINE, GENERAL MINE INFORMATION, 1984.}{Deposit:: LOWE, N. T., D. A. BENJAMIN, T. W. CAMM, B. B. GOSLING, AND G. D. GALE, WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD-SOUTHERN IDAHO PROPOSED MINES, BUMINES MAS FILE REPORT, 1980, 238 PP.}{Deposit:: MCKELVEY, V. E., THE PHOSPHORIA, PARK CITY, AND SHEDHORN FORMATIONS IN THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD, U.S. GEOL. SURV. PROF. PAPER 313-A, 1959. 47 PP.}{Deposit:: SERVICE, A. L., AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES (IN FIVE PARTS), 3. IDAHO, BUMINES RI 6801, 1979, 201 PP.}{Deposit:: STECKLEY, R. C. AND J. F. LEMONS, A METHOD FOR EVALUATING COST ESTIMATES FOR THE MINERAL AVALIABILITY SYSTEM, BUMINES MAS FILE REPORT, 1976, 41 PP.}{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, RASMUSSEN RIDGE MINING AND RECLAMATION PLAN, 1982, 22 PP.}{Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, AND U.S. FOREST SERVICE, FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT/DEVELOPMENT OF PHOSPHATE RESOURCES IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO (FOUR V.), 1978.}{Geology:: MANSFIELD, G. R., 1927, GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 152}{Geology:: MONTGOMERY, K. M., AND CHENEY, T. M., 1967, GEOLOGY OF THESTEWART FLAT QUADRANGLE CARIBOU COUNTY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1217.}{Geology:: SHELDON, R. P., WARNER, M. A., THOMPSON, M. E., AND PIERCE, H. W., 1953, STRATIGRAPHIC SECTIONS OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN IDAHO, 1949, PT. 1: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 304}{Geology:: EMIGH, G. D., 1958, PETROGRAPHY, MINERALOGY AND ORIGIN OF PHOSPHATE PELLETS IN THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, PAMPLET 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. FOREST SERVICE, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, AND THE J. R. SIMPLOT COMPANY, 1980, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT FACT SHEET - SCOPE OF WORK, SMOKY CANYON MINE, IDAHO MINE PLAN.}{Reserve-Resource:: JOB SERVICE, 1980, POCATELLA EMPLOYMENT, VOL. 14, NO. 5, P.2}
ReporterBeougher, Delilah J., Spear, James M.