Commodities
PrimaryFluorine-Fluorite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium, Uranium
Deposit
Deposit typeCHEMICAL SEDIMENT, MARINE
Deposit sizeY
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production yearsStill producing in 2011
First production1906
Discovery year1906
Identification
Deposit ID60000656
MRDS IDISM0339
Alternate namesGay, Wooley Valley, Mabie Canyon, Conda, Henry
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates42.49992, -111.18409
References
GULBRANDSEN, R. AND KRIER, D.J., 1980: LARGE AND RICH PHOSPHORUS RESOURCES IN THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION IN THE SODA SPRINGS AREA, SOUTH EASTERN IDAHO. U.S.G.S. BULL. 1496, 25 P, 6 FIG, 7 TAB.CATHCART, J.B., SHELDON, R.P., AND GULBRANDSEN, A.R., 1983: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 888Manfield, W.C. and Girty, G.H., 1927, Geography, geology, and mineral resources of part of southeastern Idaho, with descriptions of Carboniferous fossils: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 152, 453 p.