Phosphoria Shale

Prospect in Caribou county in Idaho, United States with commodity Vanadium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000846
MRDS ID ISM0733
Record type District
Current site name Phosphoria Shale
Alternate or previous names Idaho Vanadium Shales/Mudstone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.60081, 42.64992 (WGS84)
Relative position POINT OF REFERENCE IS THE SITE OF KERR-MCGEE'S V-MILL THAT PROCESSES FERROPHOSPHORUS SLAG FROM ELEMENTAL PHOSPHORUS PLANTS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caribou(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Soda Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Springs(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Caribou
United States Idaho Bingham
United States Idaho Bear Lake

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Vanadium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.60081, 42.64992

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description SHELF FACIES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner STATE AND FEDERAL LANDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VARIOUS USGS MINERAL RESOURCES (MR) MAP SERIES OF THE GEOLOGY AND PHOSPHATERESOURCES IN CARIBOU, BEAR LAKE AND BINGHAM COUNTIES, IDAHO; PUBLISHED FROM 193-1985.

  • Deposit

    LOVE, J.D., 1967. VANADIUM AND ASSOCIATED ELEMENTS IN THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN THE AFTON AREA, WESTERN WYOMING, IN ANATOMY OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD, A GUIDE TO THE GEOLOGIC OCCURRENCE, EXPLORATION METHODS, MINING ENGINEERING AND RECOVERY TECHNOLOGY: INTERMOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGISTS, 15TH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE, P. 115-118

  • Deposit

    DESBOROUGH, G.A., 1977. PRELIMINARY REPORT ON CERTAIN METALS OF POTENTIAL ECONOMIC INTEREST IN THE VANADIUM-RICH ZONES IN THE MEADE PEAK MEMBER OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN WESTERN WYOMING AND EASTERN IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-341, 27 P.

  • Deposit

    BUSCH, P.M., 1961. VANADIUM, A MATERIALS SURVEY: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR I.C. 8060, P. 34.

Beyond USGS

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