The Piney Peak Phosphate Deposit is a chromium, phosphorus-phosphates, and vanadium mine located in Teton county, Idaho at an elevation of 8,799 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: 8,799 Feet (2,682 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Vanadium
Lat, Long: 43.6233, -111.35580
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Piney Peak Phosphate Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Piney Peak Phosphate Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Primary: Vanadium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Teton
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
Operation Type: Unknown
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: Big Hole Mountains
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 Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: THE RETORT PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER GAVE UP TO 28.55% P2O5
Analytical Data: MEADE PEAK MEMBER SAMPLED UP TO 33.38% P2O5, 0.38% V2O5, AND 0.39% CR2O3
Analytical Data: 1 BED ALSO HAD 0.08% V2O5 AND 0.15% CR2O3
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ON PINEY PEAK
Comment (Deposit): THICKNESS ABOVE FOR MEADE PEAK PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER; THE RETORT PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER IS 9.2 FT THICK
References
Reference (Deposit): STAATZ, M. H., AND ALBEE, H. F., 1966, GEOLOGY OF THE GARNS MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, BONNEVILLE, MADISON, AND TETON COUNTIES, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1205, 122 P
Reference (Deposit): 1966 GEOLMAP M. H. STAATZ AND H. F. ALBEE, BULL. 120
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