Little Valley Phosphate Occurrence

Occurrence in Bonneville 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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073271
MRDS ID W019255
MAS/MILS ID 0160190156
Record type Site
Current site name Little Valley Phosphate Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.57391, 43.03662 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 10 MI W OF GRAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Valley Hills(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 Bonneville

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004S 042E 30,31,32 SESE (30) 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, Limestone, Chert
    Rock description Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Limestone, Chert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.57391, 43.03662

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Phosphate Bearing Beds Downfaulted

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • 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

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Phosphate Bed Overlain By Basalt. Economic Recovery Remote In 1927

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.