Pine Creek Phosphate Deposit

Occurrence in Bonneville county in Idaho, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Uranium
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. 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 10096430
MRDS ID W019300
MAS/MILS ID 0160190066
Record type Site
Current site name Pine Creek Phosphate Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.29021, 43.55602 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 14.25 MI SW OF DRIGGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(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 Bonneville

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003N 044E 29,28 SENWNW (28) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • In Highway Cut On Nw Side Of Pine Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary

Analytical data

Result THE RETORT PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER SAMPLED UP TO 30.68 % P2O5 AND 0.008 % V2O5
Result A 4 FT PHOSPHATE SAMPLE GAVE 27.51 % P2O5 OR 60.11 % 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) -111.29021, 43.55602

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.74M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
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 Bulletin 1205 , 122 P.

  • Deposit

    Schultz, A. R., 1918 , A Geologic Reconnaissance For Phosphate And Coal In Southeastern Idaho And Western Wyoming: USGS Bulletin 680 , 84 P.

  • Deposit

    1918 Geolmap A. R. Schultz, Bulletin 680

  • Deposit

    1966 Geolmap M. H. Staatz And H. F. Albee, Bulletin 1205

  • Deposit

    Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. County Report 5, 1961, P. 64.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 19-92, 1992, P. 8-10; Sample Nos. 11-14: Appendix A, P. 17, 18; Appendix B, P. 20, 21.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Thickness Above For Retort Phosphatic Shale Member

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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