Grover, Grover, and Terry Phosphate Deposit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073300
MRDS ID W019310
MAS/MILS ID 0160650016
Record type Site
Current site name Grover, Grover, and Terry Phosphate Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.45362, 43.65351 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 18.5 MI SE OF REXBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Temple Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rexburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Teton(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(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 Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004N 042E 14,23,24 NESWSE (24) Idaho
Boise 004N 043E 19,30 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Deposit Also In Section 25 , T 4 N, R 42 E; Lease From Marlow Creek To SE End Of Argument Ridge

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
Petroleum (Oil) Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 25 CHANNEL SAMPLES IN MEADE PEAK PHOSPHATIC SHALE GAVE TRACES OIL, THE HIGHEST YIELD BEING 0.6 GAL/TON

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

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917

Mining district

District name Rexburg Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Targhee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grover, Grover, And Terry ( 1966 )

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Bulldozer Cuts And 1 Adit Which Was Driven In 1917 In Phosphatic Shale Mistaken To Be Coal

Comments on development

  • Lease Covered 981 Acres ( 1966 )

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Service, A. L., 1966 , An Evaluation Of The Western Phosphate Industry And Its Resources: USBM Rept. Inv. 6801 , 201 P.

  • Deposit

    Staatz, M. H., And Albee, H. F., 1966 , Geology Of The Garns Mountain Quadrangle, Bonneville, Madison, And Teton Counties, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1205 , 122 P.

  • Deposit

    1966 Geolmap M. H. Staatz And H. F. Albee, Bulletin 1205

  • Deposit

    1966 Recon USBM Rept. Inv. 6801

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 19-91, 1992, Sample Nos. 1 And 2, P. 9; Appendix A, P. 17; Appendix B, P. 20.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 08-FEB-1993 Federspiel U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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