Phosphate Deposit

Unknown in Bingham 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071932
MRDS ID W015710
MAS/MILS ID 0160110055
Record type Site
Current site name Phosphate Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.20503, 43.11931 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Relative position 8.25 MI ESE OF BLACKFOOT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bingham(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Yandell Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Blackfoot(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(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 003S 036E 35 SENE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Location Approximate

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.20503, 43.11931

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 1676.4M
    Depth to bottom 1524M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Structure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Due To Complicated Structure And Lack Of Any Outcrops, It Is Not Safe To Assume Actual Presence Of Phosphate

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Mansfield, G. R., 1920, Geography, Geology, And Mineral Resources Of The Fort Hall Indian Reservation, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 713, 152 P

  • Deposit

    1920 Recon Mansfield, G. R., Bulletin 71

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Idaho Falls Quad, Location No. 177

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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