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Phosphate Deposit

Occurrence in Bonneville 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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073290
MRDS ID W019293
MAS/MILS ID 0160190119
Record type Site
Current site name Phosphate Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.28551, 43.32912 (WGS84)
Elevation 2231
Relative position 3.5 MI WSW OF PALISADES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palisades(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palisades(hydrologic unit)

Snake Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonneville

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001S 044E 15 NWNWSE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Ridge Between Channels Of Yeaman Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result TRENCH SHOWS 2 BEDS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE (+31% P2O5), 1 BED IS 2 FT THICK, THE OTHER IS 5 INCHES
Result THERE ARE 2 BEDS OF MEDIUM-GRADE ORE (18-24% P2O5), ONE IS 22 INCHES THICK AND THE OTHER 2 FT
Result 1 BED 4 FT THICK CONTAINS LOW-GRADE ORE (10-18% P2O5)

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.28551, 43.32912
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Faults

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip 50 DEG SW
    Thickness 13.26M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Willow Creek - Caribou District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Caribou National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 Trench

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Bhatti, N. A., 1971, Geology And Phosphate Resources Of A Part Of The Red Ridge Quadrangle, Bonneville County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M.S. Thesis, 70 P

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 8-92, 1992, Fig. 4, P. 11.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Thickness Above For Entire Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale Member

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 26-JAN-1993 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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