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South Rainy Creek Phosphate Deposit

Occurrence in Bonneville county in Idaho, United States with commodities Phosphorus-Phosphates, Petroleum (Oil)
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073298
MRDS ID W019307
Record type Site
Current site name South Rainy Creek Phosphate Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.16551, 43.50182 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 15.75 MI SSW OF DRIGGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fourth of July Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rexburg(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 002N 045E 16 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Petroleum (Oil) Tertiary

Analytical data

Result PHOSPHATE SAMPLE ASSAYED 31.69 % P2O5 OR 69.4 % CA3(PO4)2 AND A LITTLE OIL

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.16551, 43.50182
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.07M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Pine Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Targhee National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHULTZ, A. R., 1918 , A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE FOR PHOSPHATE AND COAL IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO AND WESTERN WYOMING: USGS BULL. 680 , 84 P

  • Deposit

    1918 RECON A. R. SCHULTZ, BULL. 68

Reporter information

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

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