The Dairy Syncline is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Caribou county, Idaho at an elevation of 7,201 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: 7,201 Feet (2,195 Meters)
Commodity: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Lat, Long: 42.6139, -111.33830
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Dairy Syncline MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dairy Syncline
Secondary: Area A, Harrington Peak
Secondary: Area B, Dry Valley
Commodity
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Vanadium
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Caribou
District: Slug Creek
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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Monsanto Co.
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1975
Owner Name: U.S. Forest Service
Home Office: Idaho
Info Year: 1975
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Unknown
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
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: Collophane
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Feldspar
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Calcite
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): MANSFIELD, G.R. 1927. U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 152.
Reference (Deposit): SERVICE, A.L. 1966. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS
Reference (Deposit): GARRAND, LEONARD. 1975. PHOSPHATE STUDY OF SE IDAHO FOR U.S.
Reference (Deposit): CRESSMAN, E.R., GULBRANDSEN, R.A.1955. U.S.G.S. BULL. 1015-I
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES, SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.
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