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East Dry Creek Phosphate Mine

Past Producer in Clark county in Idaho, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071888
MRDS ID W015645
MAS/MILS ID 160330078
Record type Site
Current site name East Dry Creek Phosphate Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.7792, 44.5219 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position 21.5 MI WNW OF ISLAND PARK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Slide Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hebgen Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ashton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Red Rock(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014N 040E 19,20 NENW (20) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Location Approximate

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert, Siltstone, Sandstone
    Rock description Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert, Siltstone, Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.7792, 44.5219
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Island Park Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Targhee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bannock Chemical Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Minobras, 1975, Idaho Industrial Minerals: Minobras, 55 P.

  • Deposit

    Griner, W. C., 1974, Seventy-First Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1973-1974, 98 P.

  • Deposit

    IBMG Mines & Prospects Of The Ashton Quad, 1982, V.E. Mitchell, Et Al.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-04-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1992-03-18 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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