Trench C. Phosphate Occurrence

Occurrence in Teton 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10089377
MRDS ID W019259
Record type Site
Current site name Trench C. Phosphate Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.07661, 43.61742 (WGS84)
Elevation 2103
Relative position 3 MI NE OF VICTOR IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teton(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Victor(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Teton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003N 046E 06 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • W BASE TETON RANGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Leaching ?

Analytical data

Result 36.8 % P2O5 MAX FROM 4 SAMPLES OF INCOMPLETE SECTION, THIS IS EQUIVALENT TO 80.4 % CA3(PO4)2
Result AVG. CA3(PO4)2 CONTENT IS 74.2 %

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Phosphorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Phosphoria Formation-Chert, Phosphate Rock
    Rock description Phosphoria Formation-Chert, Phosphate Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.07661, 43.61742

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Driggs Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ANALYTICAL DATA ABOVE MAY BE DUE TO LEACHING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARDNER, L. S., 1944 , PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS OF THE TETON BASIN AREA, IDAHO AND WYOMING: USGS BULL. 944 - A, P. 1 - 3

  • Deposit

    1927 RECON MANSFIELD, G. R., PROF. PAPER 152

  • Deposit

    1933 COMPILE USDA TECH. BULLETIN 364

  • Deposit

    1944 RECON GARDNER, L. S., BULL. 944 - A

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE ARE 3 PHOSPHATE BEDS, THICKNESS OF BEST PHOSPHATE BED IS 3.6 FT; THICKNESS ABOVE IS INCOMPLETE SECTION OF PHOSPHATE SHALE MEMBER

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Faviyi, E. E.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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