| Deposit ID | 10089392 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W019308 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0160190139 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bear Creek Phosphate Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Bear Creek Lease Block |
| Geographic coordinates: | -111.22391, 43.28852 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2042 |
| Relative position | 30.5 MI SSW OF DRIGGS |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Bonneville(county)
Idaho(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Palisades Dam(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Idaho | Bonneville |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise | 001S | 045E | 31 | SENE | Idaho |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Phosphorus-Phosphates | Primary |
| Result | 12 FT BED PHOSPHATIC SHALE AVG. 33 % P2O5 |
|---|---|
| Result | OTHER SAMPLES FROM 1.9 FT THICK BED GAVE UP TO 35.8 % P2O5 |
| 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 | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -111.22391, 43.28852 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Anticline Trending N 35 Deg W And Plunging Se |
| Strike | N 70 DEG W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 90 DEG |
| Thickness | 18.87M |
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1951 |
| District name | Willow Cr - Caribou District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Federal Lease |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Caribou National Forest |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W019308 | |
| Idaho Geological Survey | Idaho Mines and Prospects | IMP | DR_134 | http://www.idahogeology.org/ |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0160190139 | data consolidated into this record |
Savage, C. N., 1961 , Geology And Mineral Resources Of Bonneville County: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology County Rept. No. 5 , 108 P.
1953 Recon R. W. Swanson And Others, Circ. 297
1954 Recon R. A. Smart And Others, Circ. 327
1961 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology County Rept. No. 5
Minobras, 1975, Idaho Industrial Minerals, P. 21.
U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 8-92, 1992, Sample Nos. 126-128: Fig. 4, P. 11; Appendix A, P. 24; Appendix B, P. 26.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Thickness Above Is Cumulative Total For Phosphatic Shale Member |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1977 | Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Reporter | 30-JAN-1995 | Rains, Richard | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.