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Freeman Ridge Phosphate Property

Prospect in Caribou county in Idaho, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, Uranium, Vanadium
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096455
MRDS ID W026170
MAS/MILS ID 0160290065
Record type Site
Current site name Freeman Ridge Phosphate Property
Alternate or previous names Diamond Creek, Stewart Flat, Area B, 16-18, Stewart Flat, Area C, 19-23, Stewart Flat, Area C, 26-34, North Freeman Ridge

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.19608, 42.66936 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position 20 MI E OF SODA SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caribou(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stewart Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(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 Caribou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 009S 045E 04 SWSENE Idaho
Boise 008S 045E 09,16,21,22,28 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Plotted In T 9 S, R 45 E, Section 4 ; Section 33 , T 8 S, R 45 E Also Included In Lease

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Collophane Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown

Analytical data

Result 115 SAMPLES OF STRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE GAVE 37.1 % P2O5 MAX ( SECTION 21 ), 115 SAMPLES IN SECTION 4 GAVE 36.9 % P2O5 MAX

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert;Wells Formation-Sandstone, Limestone;Dinwoody Formation-Limestone, Shale;Thaynes Formation-Sandstone, Limestone, Shale
    Rock description Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert;Wells Formation-Sandstone, Limestone;Dinwoody Formation-Limestone, Shale;Thaynes Formation-Sandstone, Limestone, Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.19608, 42.66936
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Georgetown Syncline
Structure description Georgetown Syncline, Snowdrift Anticline, Dry Valley Anticline, Dry Valley Fault
Type of structure Regional
Structure name Snowdrift Anticline
Type of structure Regional
Structure name Dry Valley Anticline
Type of structure Regional
Structure name Dry Valley Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N02W
    Dip 60W
    Thickness 56M
    Length 9654M
    Width 202M
    Area 390HA
    Depth to top 63M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Structure
  • Bedding
  • Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Soda Springs Area
District name Crow Creek District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Federal Lease

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Caribou National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service
    Interest 100
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Food Machinery And Chemical Corp.
    Year 1975
  • Type Operator
    Owner Terteling Land Co.
    First year 1966

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 Trench

Comments on development

  • 1636.98 Acre Lease ( 1966 )

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 201.1 Ft Thickness Phosphatic Shale Member ( Section 21 ), 182.8 Ft ( Section 4 )

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-JUN-1994 Crockett U.S. Bureau of Mines

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