Gay Mine

The Gay Mine is a phosphorus-phosphates mine located in Bingham county, Idaho at an elevation of 5,643 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.

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Site Name

Primary: Gay Mine
Secondary: Simplot Mine

Commodity

Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: REE
Tertiary: Uranium
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Vanadium

Location

State: Idaho
County: Bingham
District: SE Idaho Phosphate District

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Type: Private Lease

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: J. R. Simplot Co.

Production

Year: 1986
Description: Phosphate Rock 31.6% P2o5 283000 Mt Ore
Year: 1985
Description: Phosphate Rock 27.5% P2o5 779000 Mt Ore
Year: 1984
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.8 % P205 2000000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1983
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.2 % P205 1480000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1982
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.7 % P205 1313000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1981
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.6 % P205 1490000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1980
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.6 % P205 1362000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1979
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.7 % P205 1464000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1978
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.6 % P205 1340000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1977
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.8 % P205 1560000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1976
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.6 % P205 2030000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1974
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.5 % P205 1920000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1975
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.7 % P205 1320000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1973
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.3 % P205 1630000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1972
Description: Phosphate Rock 26.0 % P205 1450000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1971
Description: Phosphate Rock 26.2 % P205 1260000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1970
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.2 % P205 1550000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1969
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.4 % P205 1610000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1968
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.2 % P205 1960000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1967
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.7 % P205 1220000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1966
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.5 % P205 1980000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1965
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.7 % P205 1750000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1964
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.5 % P205 1240000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1963
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.5 % P205 620000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1962
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.1 % P205 730 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1961
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.4 % P205 1100000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1960
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.5 % P205 960000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1958
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.2 % P205 800000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1959
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.5 % P205 870000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1957
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.3 % P205 730000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1956
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.3 % P205 670000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1955
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.1 % P205 680000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1954
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.2 % P205 580000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1953
Description: Phosphate Rock 24.9 % P205 530000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1952
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.8 % P205 390000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1951
Description: Phosphate Rock 25.2 % P205 450000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1950
Description: Phosphate Rock 24.9 % P205 520000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1949
Description: Phoshpate Rock 27.0 % P205 200000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1948
Description: Phosphate Rock 29.0 % P205 150000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1947
Description: Phosphate Rock 29.0 % P205 480000 Mt Ore Per Year
Year: 1946
Description: Phosphate Rock 33.2 % P205 50000 Mt Ore Per Year

Deposit

Record Type: Deposit
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Washing
Year First Production: 1946
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Phosphate, upwelling type

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Unknown: Kaolinite
Unknown: Collophane
Unknown: Dolomite
Unknown: Limonite
Unknown: Montmorillonite
Unknown: Orthoclase
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Sericite
Unknown: Chalcedony

Comments

Comment (Deposit): DEPOSIT MINED OUT IN 1993. SHIFT OPERATIONS TO DRY VALLEY IN JULY 93. THE PRESENT ACCESS ROAD IS ADEQUATE. WATER AND ELECTRICAL POWER ARE AVAILABLE AT THE SITE.

Comment (Ownership): OWNER:BANNOCK-SHOSHONE INDIAN TRIBE.-OPERATOR: FMC CORP.

References

Reference (Production): WORLD MINES REGISTER 1981-82, SAN FRANCISCO

Reference (Deposit): BRITISH SULPHUR CORP. LTD., 1980: WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 4TH ED., LONDON

Reference (Reserve-Resource): FOWLER, HEATH B. PHOSPHATE MINING BY THE SIMPLOT FERTILIZER COMPANY NEAR FORT HALL, IDAHO IN SYMPOSIUM OF WESTERN PHOSPHATE MINING. MINING ENGINEERING V. 1 AUGUST 1949, PP. 291-295.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): CARTER, RUSSELL A. AN INTEGRATED INDUSTRY-PHOSPHATE MINING AND MILLING IN IDAHO. MINING ENGINEERING V. 30, NO. 1, 1978, PP. 29-36.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): EMIGH, G. D. PETROGRAPHY, MINERALOGY, AND ORIGIN OF PHOSPHATE PELLETS IN THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINE AND GEOL., PAMPHLET NO. 114, 1958, 60 PP.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THOMPSON, M. E. DISTRIBUTION OF URANIUM IN RICH PHOSPHATE BEDS OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 988-D, 1953, PP. 45-65.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): STROWD, W. B., V. E. MITCHELL, G. S. HUSTEDDE, AND E. H. BENNETT. MINES AND PROSPECTS OF HE IDAHO FALLS QUADRANGLE, IDAHO. IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, LOCATION NO. 187, 1981.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SERVICE, A. L. AND N. S. PETERSON. AN EVALUATION OF THE PARTS); PART 5, TRENDS AND OUTLOOK. U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, RI 6935, 1967, 131 PP.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): THOMPSON, M. E. FURTHER STUDIES OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF URANIUM IN RICH PHOSPHATE BEDS OF THE PHOSPHORIA FORMATION. U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 1099-D, 1954, PP. 107-122.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): POWELL, J. D. EVALUATION OF PHOSPHATE RESOURCES IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO. IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. INFORMATION CIRC. NO. 25, 1974, 33 PP.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SERVICE, A.L. AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES (IN FIVE PARTS); PART 3, IDAHO. U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, RI 6801, 1966, 201 PP.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, U. S. BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, AND U. S. FOREST SERVICE. FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT/DEVELOPMENT OF PHOSPHATE RESOURCES IN SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO, FOUR VOLUMES, 1978.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SERVICE, A. L. AND C. C. POPOFF. AN EVALUATION OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE INDUSTRY AND ITS RESOURCES (IN FIVE PARTS); PART 1, INTRODUCTORY REVIEW. U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, RI 6485, 1964, 86 PP.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): TOWN, J. W., C. W. CLARK, C. W. SANDERS, AND E. E. SULLIVAN. BATCH AND CONTINUOUS-CIRCUIT BENEFICIATION OF WESTERN PHOSPHATE ORES. U. S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 69307, 1967, 42 PP.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): SCHMITT, W. O. GAY MINE, FORT HALL, IDAHO. ANATOMY OF THE WESTERN PHOSPHATE FIELD, FIFTEENTH ANNUAL FIELD CONFERENCE INTERMOUNTAIN ASSOCIATION OF GEOLOGISTS, 1967.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): RULE, A. R., D. E. KIRBY, AND D. C. DAHLIN. RECENT ADVANCES IN BENEFICIATION OF WESTERN PHOSHATES. MINING ENGINEERING, V. 30, NO. 1, 1978, PP. 36-40.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): PRATER, LEWIS S. AGRICULTURAL MINERALS. IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. INF. CIRC. NO. 3. 1958, 17. PP.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MARTIN, G. W. MINERALOGY OF PHOSPHATE OOLITES. ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 53, NO. 8, 1958, PP. 1046-1048.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MCDIVITT, J. F. ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF PHOSPHATE AND OTHER MINERALS IN SOUTHERN IDAHO. IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMPHLET NO. 111, 1956.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): MANSFIELD, G. R. GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO. U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 152, 1927.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): LI, TA M. SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO DURING MINING: HOW AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT DESTORTS GROWTH PLANS. MINING ENGINEERING, V. 30, NO.1, 1978, PP. 25-28.

Reference (Reserve-Resource): GARRAND, L. J. PHOSPHATE STUDY SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO. U. S. FOREST SERVICE CONTRACT NO. 50-820. GARRAND CORP., 1975.

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