The Palisades Creek Coal and Phosphate Deposit is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Bonneville county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Lat, Long: 43.4692, -111.09690
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Palisades Creek Coal and Phosphate Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Palisades Creek Coal and Phosphate Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Coal
Tertiary: Oil Shale
Location
State: Idaho
County: Bonneville
District: Pine Creek District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Targhee National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Sedimentary
Operation Type: Surface
Discovery Year: 1919
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Snake River Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SHALE SAMPLES GAVE 15.8% P2O5, 0.41 - 0.85%N, AND UP TO 3 GAL OIL/TON SHALE
Analytical Data: PHOSPHATE SAMPLE ASSAYED 12.69% P2O5 OR 27.8% CA3(PO4)2
Materials
Ore: Coal
Ore: Oil Shale
Comments
Comment (Development): Prospected Originally For Coal
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHULTZ, A. R., 1918, A GEOLOGIC RECONNAISSANCE FOR PHOSPHATE AND COAL IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO AND WESTERN WYOMING: USGS BULL. 680, 84 P.
Reference (Deposit): CONDIT, D. D., 1920, OIL SHALE IN WESTERN MONTANA, SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO, AND ADJACENT PARTS OF WYOMING AND UTAH: USGS BULL. 711-B, P. 15-40
Reference (Deposit): 1918 RECON A. R. SCHULTZ, BULL. 680
Reference (Deposit): 1920 RECON D. D. CONDIT, BULL. 711-B
Reference (Deposit): IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. COUNTY REPORT 5, 1961, P. 64.
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