Dairy Syncline

Unknown in Caribou county in Idaho, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, REE, Uranium, Vanadium
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10240907
MAS/MILS ID 0160290081
Record type Site
Current site name Dairy Syncline
Alternate or previous names Area A, Harrington Peak, Area B, Dry Valley

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -111.3391, 42.61382 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caribou(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harrington Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(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 Caribou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 009 S 044 E 29 NESENW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary
REE Critical Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown
Collophane Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sericite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -111.3391, 42.61382

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N32W
    Dip 50W
    Thickness 57M
    Length 5310M
    Width 389M
    Depth to top 209M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N32W:50W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 207HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 207
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Slug Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Caribou National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Forest Service
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1975
  • Type Owner
    Owner Monsanto Co.
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GARRAND, LEONARD. 1975. PHOSPHATE STUDY OF SE IDAHO FOR U.S.

  • Deposit

    SERVICE, A.L. 1966. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS

  • Deposit

    MANSFIELD, G.R. 1927. U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 152.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES, SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

  • Deposit

    CRESSMAN, E.R., GULBRANDSEN, R.A.1955. U.S.G.S. BULL. 1015-I

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-OCT-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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