Rainy Creek Phosphate

Occurrence 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
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10144085
MAS/MILS ID	0160190067
Record type	Site
Current site name	Rainy Creek Phosphate
Alternate or previous names	Phosphate

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Ore Body
Geographic coordinates:	-111.16551, 43.50182 (WGS84)
Elevation	1743
Location accuracy	1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(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)

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	002 N	044 E	26		Idaho

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1)	-111.16551, 43.50182	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Surface
Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Land status

Ownership category	National Forest
Area name	Targhee National Forest

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0160190067
Idaho Geological Survey	Idaho Mines and Prospects	IMP	DR__56	http://www.idahogeology.org/

Bibliographic references

Deposit

US. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 680, 1918, P. 42-44.
Deposit

IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT 5, 1961, P. 64.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	29-MAY-1992	Winters, Dick	U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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