The Taylor Creek Phosphate Deposit is a mine located in Bingham county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,450 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: 6,450 Feet (1,966 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 43.3047, -111.93970
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Taylor Creek Phosphate Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Taylor Creek Phosphate Deposit
Secondary: Williams Creek Lease
Commodity
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Bingham
District: Blackfoot Area
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: J. R. Simplot Co.
Years: 1966 -
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: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Snake River Plain
Physiographic Detail: Blackfoot Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: BLANKET
Structure
Type: L
Description: Faulting, Mount Taylor Anticline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATE; WILLIAMS CREEK LEASE IN SECS. 24 AND 25
Comment (Development): 240 ACRE LEASE ( 1966 )
Comment (Deposit): 445 ACRES OF PHOSPHATE-BEARING LAND
References
Reference (Deposit): MANSFIELD, G. R., 1952 , GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE AMMON AND PARADISE VALLEY QUADRANGLES, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 238 , 92 P.
Reference (Deposit): SERVICE, A. L., 1966 , AN EVALUATION OF TEE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES, PT. 3 , IDAHO: USBM REPT. INV. 6801 , 201 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1952 RECON G. R. MANSFIELD, PROF. PAPER 238
Reference (Deposit): 1966 RECON USBM REPT. INV. 6801
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