The North Fork Rainy Creek Prospect is a oil shale, phosphorus-phosphates, and coal mine located in Bonneville county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,601 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: 6,601 Feet (2,012 Meters)
Commodity: Oil Shale, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Coal
Lat, Long: 43.5144, -111.19640
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North Fork Rainy Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: North Fork Rainy Creek Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Oil Shale
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Primary: Coal
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
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Sedimentary
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: Snake River Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SEAM
Structure
Type: L
Description: Syncline
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A PHOSPHATE SAMPLE ASSAYED 17.08 % P2O5 OR 37.4 % CA3(PO4)2 AND A LITTLE OIL
Materials
Ore: Oil Shale
Ore: Coal
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATE
Comment (Workings): 2 CAVED ADITS PROSPECTED FOR BOTH COAL AND PHOSPHATE
References
Reference (Deposit): SAVAGE, C. N., 1961 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF BONNEVILLE COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. NO. 5 , 108 P.
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): HINDS, G. W., 1958 , GEOLOGY OF THE MIKE SPENCER CANYON AREA, BONNEVILLE COUNTY, IDAHO: LARAMIE, WYOMING, UNIV. OF WYOMING, M.S. THESIS
Reference (Deposit): 1918 RECON A. R. SCHULTZ, BULL. 680
Reference (Deposit): 1961 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. NO. 5
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