Commodities
PrimaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Phosphoria Formation;Phosphoria Formation;Phosphoria Formation
Associated rockLimestone · Wells Formation
StructureFolding, Faulting
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1946
Discovery year1945
Identification
Deposit ID10071895
MRDS IDW015655
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates43.04852, -112.11194
References
DOTSON, J. C., 1957, GAY MINE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.MINOBRAS, 1975, IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: MINOBRAS, P. 14.SWEETWOOD, C. W., 1952, WESTERN PHOSPHATE MINING-A GROWING INDUSTRY: MINING ENGINEERING, V. 4, NO. 9., P. 863-865USGS, 1975 , DEVELOPMENT OF PHOSPHATE RESOURCES IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO: DRAFT ENVIRONMENT IMPACT STATEMENT, V. 11945 DIREXPL J. C. SIMPLOT CO., MINING ENGINEERING, V. 4, NO. 91957 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.1975 RECON DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, V. 1ITEM 8, DOTSON, J. C., 1957, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.; ITEM 1, SWEETWOOD, C. W., 1952, MINING ENGINEERING, V. 4, NO. 9; ITEMS 4 , 9 , USGS DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT, V. 1