Idaho · Caribou County
Occurrence
Phosphate Deposit
Caribou County, Idaho, United States
Phosphorus-Phosphates
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Commodities
Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity type
N
Deposit
Deposit size
N
Workings
Surface
Orebody form
IRREGULAR
Ore control
Structure
Geology
Host rock
Shale · Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert, Sandstone;;;
Associated rock
Limestone · Wells Formation-Sandstone;Wells Formation-Limestone;Dinwoody Formation-Shale;Dinwoody Formation-Limestone;Thaynes Formation-Limestone;Thaynes Formation-Sandstone;Thaynes Formation-Shale
Structure
Little Gray Anticline, Snowdrift Anticline, Georgetown Syncline, Meadow Creek Graben, Limerock And Enoch Valley Faults
Tectonic setting
Miogeosyncline
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Identification
Deposit ID
10078020
MRDS ID
W026134
Region
NA
Data score
C
Coordinates
42.95162, -111.55891
References
Mansfield, G. R., 1927 , Geography, Geology, And Mineral Resources Of Part Of Southeastern Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 152 , 453 P