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Home Canyon Mine

Past Producer in Bear Lake county in Idaho, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105963
MRDS ID W026155
MAS/MILS ID 10078029
Record type Site
Current site name Home Canyon Mine
Alternate or previous names American Phosphate Corporation

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -111.23812, 42.33077 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Location accuracy 10(meters)
Relative position 3 MI E OF MONTPELIER. Updated location

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bear Lake(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montpelier Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bear Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Bear Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 012S 045E 31,30 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result RANDOM SAMPLES AVERAGED 31.73 % P2O5
Result 168 SAMPLES ( SECTION 31 ) GAVE MAX. 36.4 % P2O5

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -111.23812, 42.33077
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Montpelier Anticline, Bald Mountain Syncline Home Canyon Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Numerous Minor Thrust Faults And Folds

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 25 DEG E
    Dip 30 DEG NW
    Plunge direction S
    Thickness 1.68M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Structure - Montpelier Anticline Exposes Phosphate Beds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Montpelier District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Caribou National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner San Francisco Chemical Co.
    First year 1953

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • TRENCHES, underground

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 173.76 FT. THICKNESS PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER ( SECTION 31 ); 880 ACRE AREA HELD AS PHOSPHATE LAND ( 1927 )

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-76 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 19-MAY-92 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 26-OCT-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Consolidated old MAS record

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