Hot Springs Deposits

Prospect 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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10289511
MRDS ID W026149
MAS/MILS ID 0160070083
Record type Site
Current site name Hot Springs Deposits
Alternate or previous names Hot Springs Phosphate Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -111.26243, 42.10878 (WGS84)
Elevation 1810
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bear Lake(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bear Lake North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bear Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bear Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014 S 044 E 11, 25, 36, 24 SE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Analytical data

Result 84 SAMPLES OF STRATIGRAPHIC SECTION ( SECTION 36 ) GAVE 37.8 % P2O5 MAX
Result 33 SAMPLES NEAR TRENCH GAVE 36.9 % P2O5 MAX

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock type qualifier Phosphatic
    Rock unit name Phosphoria Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Phosphoria Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Phosphoria Formation
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Wells Formation
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Brazer Limestone
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Dinwoody Formation

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -111.26243, 42.10878

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Bear Lake Fault
Type of structure Regional
Structure name Hot Springs Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form Bedded, IRREGULAR
    Strike N 10 W
    Dip 70 W
    Thickness 1.52M
    Depth to bottom 1219.2M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Structure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Stauffer Chemical Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER TRENCH ( SECTION 36 )

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 126 THICKNESS PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER ( SECTION 36 ); 720 ACRE AREA HELD AS PHOSPHATE LAND ( 1927 )

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JUN-84 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 01-JUN-76 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 26-OCT-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Consolidated old MRDS record W026149 into this record.

Beyond USGS

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

Operator history (post-MRDS)

MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:

Curated by qvyshift.com from publicly-reported M&A activity (SEC filings, press releases, USGS Mineral Yearbooks). Not authoritative — verify against primary sources before relying on it. The MSHA panel above is the current authoritative source for actively-permitted mines.