Commodities
TertiaryPhosphorus-Phosphates
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formBLANKET
Geology
Host rockShale · Phosphoria Formation-Phosphatic Shale, Chert;;Brazer Limestone
Associated rockLimestone · Willow Creek Lava Field-Basalt;Wells Formation;Wells Formation
StructureBannock Overthrust, Snowdrift Anticline, Georgetown Syncline, Minor Faults
Tectonic settingMiogeosyncline
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10096429
MRDS IDW019281
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates43.04132, -111.79692
References
MANSFIELD, G. R., 1952 , GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE AMMON AND PARADISE VALLEY QUADRANGLES, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 238 , 92 P.MANSFIELD, G. R., 1927 , GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF PART OF SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 152 , P. 221 - 222SERVICE, A. L., 1966 , AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES: USBM REPT. INV. 6801 , 201 P.1927 RECON G. R. MANSFIELD, PROF. PAPER 1521952 RECON G. R. MANSFIELD, PROF. PAPER 2381966 COMPILE USBM REPT. INV. 6801