Preliminary mineralogical characterization of weathered and less-weathered strata of the Meade Peak phosphatic shale member of the Permian Phosphoria Formation: Measured sections C and D, Dry Valley, Caribou County, Idaho
Open-File Report
2001-72
Prepared in Collaboration With: Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, Agrium U.S. Inc., Astaris LLC, J.R. Simplot Company, Monsanto, Rhodia Inc.
By: Andrew C. Knudsen, Mickey E. Gunter, and James R. Herring
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Abstract
This study used powder X-ray diffraction, with Rietveld quantification software to quantify and characterize the mineralogy of the 83 samples collected from two stratigraphic sections measured by the U.S. Geological Survey at the Dry Valley mine in the Meade Peak Member of the Phosphoria Formation. Analyses show extensive variability of carbonate substitution in the fluorapatite structure, determined by measuring the apatite a-cell dimension, as well as patterns of correlation between mineralogy and the stratigraphy.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Preliminary mineralogical characterization of weathered and less-weathered strata of the Meade Peak phosphatic shale member of the Permian Phosphoria Formation: Measured sections C and D, Dry Valley, Caribou County, Idaho |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 2001-72 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr0172 |
| Year Published | 2001 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | Reston, VA |
| Contributing office(s) | Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center |
| Description | Report: 69 p.; Readme |
| Country | United States |
| State | Idaho |
| County | Caribou County |
| Additional Online Files (Y/N) | Y |