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Maps showing selected geology and phosphate resources of the Fossil Canyon quadrangle, Bear Lake and Caribou Counties, Idaho

January 1, 1984

This report summarizes information on the thickness, grade, lateral continuity, phosphate resources, and ownership of phosphate-bearing units in the Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale Member of the Phosphoria Formation in the Fossil Canyon quadrangle. This report is one of a series of quadrangle reports prepared by the Idaho Bureau of Mines and Geology under U.S. Geological Survey cost-sharing contract #14-08-0001-17925 to calculate phosphate resources in southeastern Idaho (fig. 1).

Publication Year 1984
Title Maps showing selected geology and phosphate resources of the Fossil Canyon quadrangle, Bear Lake and Caribou Counties, Idaho
DOI 10.3133/mr82
Authors Pamela Dunlap Derkey, Pamela Palmer, Susan T. Miller
Publication Type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Series Title Mineral Investigations Resource Map
Series Number 82
Index ID mr82
Record Source USGS Publications Warehouse