Fort Hall Indian Reservation Phosphate Occurrence

Occurrence in Bannock county in Idaho, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070318
MRDS ID W013169
Record type Site
Current site name Fort Hall Indian Reservation Phosphate Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Portneuf Range

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.06193, 42.99521 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 21 MI. NE. OF POCATELLO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bannock(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jeff Cabin Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

American Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bannock

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005S 038E 18 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result 33.96% ORE MINERAL IN SHALE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Phosphoria Formation-Shale
    Rock description Phosphoria Formation-Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.06193, 42.99521

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.68M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pocatello Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GERE, W. C., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES - PHOSPHATE ROCK IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL REPT. NO. 1, P. 158.

  • Deposit

    MANSFIELD, G. R., 1920, GEOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE FORT HALL INDIAN RESERVATION, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 713, P. 101 - 103

  • Deposit

    1920 GEOLMAP G. R. MANSFIELD - BULL. 713

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE ID. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. - SPECIAL REPT. NO. 1.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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