The Pine Creek Phosphate Deposit is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Bonneville county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,201 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: 6,201 Feet (1,890 Meters)
Commodity: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Lat, Long: 43.5561, -111.28940
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Pine Creek Phosphate Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pine Creek Phosphate Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Vanadium
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
Operation Type: Surface
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
Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: A 4 FT PHOSPHATE SAMPLE GAVE 27.51 % P2O5 OR 60.11 % CA3 (PO4)2
Analytical Data: THE RETORT PHOSPHATIC SHALE MEMBER SAMPLED UP TO 30.68 % P2O5 AND 0.008 % V2O5
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): In Highway Cut On Nw Side Of Pine Creek
Comment (Deposit): Thickness Above For Retort Phosphatic Shale Member
References
Reference (Deposit): Schultz, A. R., 1918 , A Geologic Reconnaissance For Phosphate And Coal In Southeastern Idaho And Western Wyoming: USGS Bulletin 680 , 84 P.
Reference (Deposit): 1918 Geolmap A. R. Schultz, Bulletin 680
Reference (Deposit): 1966 Geolmap M. H. Staatz And H. F. Albee, Bulletin 1205
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 19-92, 1992, P. 8-10; Sample Nos. 11-14: Appendix A, P. 17, 18; Appendix B, P. 20, 21.
Reference (Deposit): Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol. County Report 5, 1961, P. 64.
Reference (Deposit): Staatz, M. H., And Albee, H. F., 1966 , Geology Of The Garns Mountain Quadrangle, Bonneville, Madison, And Teton Counties, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1205 , 122 P.
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