1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

South Cranes Flat Phosphate Occurrence

Occurrence in Bingham county in Idaho, United States with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
Map
XML
JSON
KML
B
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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073270
MRDS ID W019254
MAS/MILS ID 0160110054
Record type Site
Current site name South Cranes Flat Phosphate Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.67162, 43.05052 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 15 MI W OF GRAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bingham(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meadow Creek Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palisades(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bingham

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004S 041E 20 SESE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result IN 1 TRENCH, 2 SAMPLES OF PHOSPHATE ROCK HAD 27.15 AND 31.95 % P2O5 OR 59.3 AND 69.8 % CA3(PO4)2
Result IN 2ND TRENCH, 4 SAMPLES RANGED FROM 24.91 - 33.22 % P2O5 OR 54.4 - 72.5 % CA3(PO4)2

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.67162, 43.05052
ListMap

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Georgetown Syncline, Limerock And Enoch Valley Faults

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.76M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Complex Structure - Folding And Faulting

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Blackfoot Reservoir Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 9.3M
    Overall width 1.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • 200 Acres, Distributed In 3 Areas, Are Classified As Phosphate Land; 2 Trenches, 1 Is 4 Ft Deep, 2nd Is 11 Ft Deep

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Mansfield Believed Commercial Development Of Phosphate Resources Of This Township Seemed Remote

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Fabiyi, E. E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 23-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.

Maps centered on this site