Taylor Creek Phosphate Deposit

Occurrence in Bingham county in Idaho, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089385
MRDS ID W019277
Record type Site
Current site name Taylor Creek Phosphate Deposit
Alternate or previous names Williams Creek Lease

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.94053, 43.30461 (WGS84)
Elevation 1966
Relative position 11.25 MI S OF AMMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bingham(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wolverine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palisades(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Idaho Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bingham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001S 038E 24,25,36 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE; WILLIAMS CREEK LEASE IN SECS. 24 AND 25

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Woodside (Dinwoody) Formation-Shale
    Rock description Woodside (Dinwoody) Formation-Shale;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert;
    Rock description Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert;

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.94053, 43.30461

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting, Mount Taylor Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 0.61M
    Depth to bottom 304.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blackfoot Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. R. Simplot Co.
    First year 1966

Comments on development

  • 240 ACRE LEASE ( 1966 )

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 445 ACRES OF PHOSPHATE-BEARING LAND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 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.