The Phosphate Deposit is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Caribou county, Idaho at an elevation of 6,401 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: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Lat, Long: 42.8703, -111.83690
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Phosphate Deposit MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Phosphate Deposit
Commodity
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Vanadium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Caribou
District: Portnuef Reservoir 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
Type: Surface
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral Not In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Graves Creek And Rock Creek Synclines; Twenty Four Mile Anticline, Thrust And Block Faults Of Bannock Thrust Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 3 PHOSPHATE SAMPLES HAD 0.17 , 0.4 , AND 0.5 % V2O5
Analytical Data: 3 OTHER SAMPLES 36.09 - 31.98 % P2O5
Analytical Data: RANDOM FLOAT SAMPLE CONTAINED 25.63 % P2O5
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): Sections 3 , 5 - 11 , 16 , 18 Also Contain Phosphate Land
Comment (Deposit): 3300 Acres Considered In Phosphate Reserve ( 1927 And 1929 )
References
Reference (Deposit): Service, A. L., 1966 , An Evaluation Of The Western Phosphate Industry And Its Resources, Part 3 , Idaho: USBM Rept. Inv. 6801 , 201 P.
Reference (Deposit): Mansfield, G. R., 1929 , Geography, Geology, And Mineral Resources Of The Portneuf Quadrangle, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 803 , 110 P.
Reference (Deposit): Mansfield, G. R., 1927 , Geography, Geology, And Mineral Resources Of Part Of Southeastern Idaho: USGS Prof. Paper 152 , 453 P.
Reference (Deposit): V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Preston Quad, Location No. 7
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