The Deer Creek-Wells Canyon Area is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Caribou county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,500 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 7,500 Feet (2,286 Meters)
Commodity: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Lat, Long: 42.5833, -111.19310
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Deer Creek-Wells Canyon Area MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Deer Creek-Wells Canyon Area
Secondary: Area D, 48a,49,50,51, Stewart Fla
Secondary: S.Fork Sage Crk. To Sand Wash Flt
Secondary: Areas C,D, Snowdrift Mtn.
Secondary: Webster Syncline Deposits
Secondary: Wells Creek Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Idaho
County: Caribou
District: Crow 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: Caribou National Forest
Holdings
Type: Federal Lease
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Monsanto Co.
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: U.S. Forest Service
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Middle Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Feldspar
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Collophane
Unknown: Calcite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): SHELDON, R.P. AND OTHERS. 1953. USGS CIRCULAR 304.
Reference (Deposit): MONTGOMERY, K.M., CHENEY, T.M. 1967. U.S.G.S., BULL. 1217.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES, SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.
Reference (Deposit): MANSFIELD, G.R. 1927. USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 152.
Reference (Deposit): SERVICE, A.L. 1966. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS
Reference (Deposit): GARRAND, LEONARD. 1975. PHOSPHATESTUDY OF SE IDAHO FOR USDA.
Reference (Deposit): LOWELL, W.R. 1952. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 982-A.
Reference (Deposit): DEISS, CHARLES. 1947. U.S.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, BULL. 955-C.
Reference (Deposit): MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF 118, 1957.
Reference (Deposit): MCKELVEY, V.E. AND OTHERS. 1953. U.S.G.S. CIRCULAR 208.
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