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Gay Mine

Producer in Bingham 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071895
MRDS ID W015655
Record type Site
Current site name Gay Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.11194, 43.04852 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 15 MI SE OF BLACKFOOT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bingham(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lincoln Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blackfoot(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(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 Bingham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005S;004S 037E;037E 03;21,22,27 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SECTION 28 OF T 4 S, R 37 E; PLOT IS APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result FURNACE GRADE AVG. 22-30% P2O5, FERTILIZER GRADE OVER 30

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wells Formation
    Rock description Wells Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Phosphoria Formation;Phosphoria Formation;Phosphoria Formation
    Rock description Phosphoria Formation;Phosphoria Formation;Phosphoria Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.11194, 43.04852
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Folding, Faulting

Ore body information

  • Strike NE SW
    Dip 30 DEG
    Thickness 54.86M
    Width 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1945
Year of first production 1946

Comments on the production information

  • DOTSON STATES 500,000-700,000 TONS FURNACE GRADE ANNUALLY, 100,000-150,000 TONS FERTILIZER GRADE ANNUALLY

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1957
    Inferred 18000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 20 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1957

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ITEM 2 IS BEING STOCKPILED FOR FUTURE POSSIBLE USE

Comments on development

  • 4400 ACRES OF CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOTSON, J. C., 1957, GAY MINE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1975, IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: MINOBRAS, P. 14.

  • Deposit

    SWEETWOOD, C. W., 1952, WESTERN PHOSPHATE MINING-A GROWING INDUSTRY: MINING ENGINEERING, V. 4, NO. 9., P. 863-865

  • Deposit

    USGS, 1975 , DEVELOPMENT OF PHOSPHATE RESOURCES IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO: DRAFT ENVIRONMENT IMPACT STATEMENT, V. 1

  • Deposit

    1945 DIREXPL J. C. SIMPLOT CO., MINING ENGINEERING, V. 4, NO. 9

  • Deposit

    1957 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.

  • Deposit

    1975 RECON DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, V. 1

  • Production

    ITEM 8, DOTSON, J. C., 1957, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.; ITEM 1, SWEETWOOD, C. W., 1952, MINING ENGINEERING, V. 4, NO. 9; ITEMS 4 , 9 , USGS DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, V. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FURNACE GRADE ORE IS 8-15 FT WIDE, FERTILIZER GRADE ORE IS 6 FT WIDE; THICKNESS ABOVE FOR ENTIRE PHOSPHATIC SHALE FORMATION BOTTOM 65 FT MOST MINABLE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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