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North Fork Rainy Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Bonneville county in Idaho, United States with commodities Coal, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Oil Shale
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089387
MRDS ID W019282
Record type Site
Current site name North Fork Rainy Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.19721, 43.51432 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 14 MI SSW OF DRIGGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fourth of July Peak(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 Bonneville

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N 045E 05,08,07 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Coal Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Oil Shale Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Coal Ore
Oil Shale Ore

Analytical data

Result A PHOSPHATE SAMPLE ASSAYED 17.08 % P2O5 OR 37.4 % CA3(PO4)2 AND A LITTLE OIL

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Frontier Formation-Coaly Beds;Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert
    Rock description Frontier Formation-Coaly Beds;Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Coal

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.19721, 43.51432
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form SEAM
    Thickness 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pine Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Targhee National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 CAVED ADITS PROSPECTED FOR BOTH COAL AND PHOSPHATE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNEVILLE COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. NO. 5 , 108 P.

  • Deposit

    SCHULTZ, A. R., 1918 , A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE FOR PHOSPHATE AND COAL IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO AND WESTERN WYOMING: USGS BULL. 680 , 84 P.

  • Deposit

    HINDS, G. W., 1958 , GEOLOGY OF THE MIKE SPENCER CANYON AREA, BONNEVILLE COUNTY, IDAHO: LARAMIE, WYOMING, UNIV. OF WYOMING, M.S. THESIS

  • Deposit

    1918 RECON A. R. SCHULTZ, BULL. 680

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. NO. 5

Reporter information

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

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