Phosphate Deposit

Occurrence in Bear Lake 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 10078030
MRDS ID W026146
Record type Site
Current site name Phosphate Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.25997, 42.48798 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438
Relative position 5 MI E OF GEORGETOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bear Lake(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Georgetown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salt(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 Bear Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011S 044E 01,12 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Analytical data

Result RANDOM SAMPLES AVG. 33.4 % P2O5
Result OTHERS AVG. 34.5 % P2O5
Result A SAMPLE IN SECTION 1 HAD 35.7 % P2O5

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.25997, 42.48798

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Meade Thrust Fault, Snowdrift Anticline, Harer Syncline, Home Canyon Anticline, Bald Mountain Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Several Minor Faults And Folds

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Structure - Phosphate Deposits Lie In Synclinal Basin

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Georgetown Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ABOVE EST. INCLUDES PHOSPHATE RESERVES FROM T 11 S, R 45 E ALSO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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