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Piney Peak Phosphate Deposit

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 10073293
MRDS ID W019299
Record type Site
Current site name Piney Peak Phosphate Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.35661, 43.62322 (WGS84)
Elevation 2682
Relative position 14 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

Stouts Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rexburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palisades(hydrologic unit)

Snake Headwaters(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 043E 35 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON PINEY PEAK

Commodities

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

Analytical data

Result THE RETORT PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER GAVE UP TO 28.55% P2O5
Result 1 BED ALSO HAD 0.08% V2O5 AND 0.15% CR2O3
Result MEADE PEAK MEMBER SAMPLED UP TO 33.38% P2O5, 0.38% V2O5, AND 0.39% CR2O3

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.35661, 43.62322
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 11.41M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pine Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Targhee National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAATZ, M. H., AND ALBEE, H. F., 1966, GEOLOGY OF THE GARNS MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, BONNEVILLE, MADISON, AND TETON COUNTIES, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1205, 122 P

  • Deposit

    1966 GEOLMAP M. H. STAATZ AND H. F. ALBEE, BULL. 120

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS ABOVE FOR MEADE PEAK PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER; THE RETORT PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER IS 9.2 FT THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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