Patterson Creek Phosphate Deposit

Prospect in Teton county in Idaho, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089391
MRDS ID W019301
MAS/MILS ID 0160810062
Record type Site
Current site name Patterson Creek Phosphate Deposit
Alternate or previous names Walton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.23581, 43.62052 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position 9.25 MI SW OF DRIGGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teton(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)

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 02 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Patterson Creek Basin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

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

Economic information

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 Horseshoe Basin District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Targhee National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Mansfield, G. R., 1920 , Coal In Eastern Idaho: USGS Bulletin 716 -F, P. 123 - 15

  • Deposit

    1920 Recon G. R. Mansfield, Bulletin 716 -

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 19-92, 1992, Sample Nos. 22 And 23, P. 10; Appendix A, P. 18, 19; Appendix B, P. 21.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 08-FEB-1993 Federspiel U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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