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Trench E Phosphate Occurrence

Occurrence in Teton county in Idaho, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Chromium
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073276
MRDS ID W019266
Record type Site
Current site name Trench E Phosphate Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.30411, 43.67662 (WGS84)
Elevation 2347
Relative position 10 MI WSW OF DRIGGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teton(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garns Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rexburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Teton(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Teton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004N 044E 18 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MI N OF ELK FLAT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 35.7 % P2O5, 78.0 % CA3(PO4)2 MAX FOR 24 SAMPLES
Result AVG. CA3(PO4)2 CONTENT IS 61.7 %
Result 2 SAMPLES DETECTED 0.12 AND 0.89 % V2O3 AND 0.02 AND 0.52 % CR2O3

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.30411, 43.67662
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N 40 DEG W
    Dip 37 DEG SW
    Thickness 9.85M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Horseshoe Basin District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Targhee National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARDNER, L. S., 1944 , PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF THE TETON BASIN AREA, IDAHO AND WYOMING: USGS BULL. 944-A, P. 27

  • Deposit

    1927 RECON MANSFIELD, G. R., PROF. PAPER 152

  • Deposit

    1933 COMPILE USDA TECH. BULLETIN 364

  • Deposit

    1944 RECON GARDNER, L. S., BULL. 944-A

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE 10 BEDS OF PHOSPHATE ROCK, THICKNESS OF BEST BED IS 1.5 FT; THICKNESS ABOVE FOR PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Fabiyi, E. E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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