Red Ridge Phosphate Deposit

Prospect in Bonneville county in Idaho, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10089389
MRDS ID	W019296
MAS/MILS ID	0160190036
Record type	Site
Current site name	Red Ridge Phosphate Deposit
Alternate or previous names	Bear Creek Lease Block

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-111.21471, 43.31242 (WGS84)
Elevation	1981
Relative position	2.75 MI S OF PALISADES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Palisades Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palisades(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	001S	045E	20		Idaho

Comments on the location information

Se End Of Red Ridge Above Bear Creek

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates	Primary

Analytical data

Result	5 SAMPLES, TOTALING 13 FT, OF PHOSPHATE ROCK RANGED 52.96 - 62.68% CA3(PO4)2

Host and associated rocks

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

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Late Permian
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-111.21471, 43.31242	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

Thickness 3.96M

Thickness	3.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name	Willow Creek - Caribou District

Land status

Ownership category	National Forest
Area name	Caribou National Forest

Comments on the workings information

1 Trench

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W019296
Idaho Geological Survey	Idaho Mines and Prospects	IMP	DR_132	http://www.idahogeology.org/
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0160190036	data consolidated into this record

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Gardner, L. S., 1961, Preliminary Geologic Map, Columnar Sections And Trench Sections Of The Irwin Quadrangle, Caribou And Bonneville Counties, Idaho, And Lincoln And Teton Counties, Wyoming: USGS Open-File Report 61-43
Deposit

U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 8-92, 1992, Sample Nos. 4 And 5: Fig. 4, P. 11; Appendix A, P. 23; Appendix B, P. 25.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-MAY-1977	Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)	U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter	30-JAN-1995	Rains, Richard	U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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