Eden Butte Cinder Deposit

Producer in Jerome county in Idaho, United States with commodities Pumice, Volcanic Materials
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070114
MRDS ID W012807
MAS/MILS ID 0160530001
Record type Site
Current site name Eden Butte Cinder Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.23619, 42.5885 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 2 MI. SW OF EDEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jerome(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twin Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Twin Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Snake-Rock(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Jerome

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 010S 019E 04 NW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary
Volcanic Materials Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinders Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Snake River Volcanics
    Rock description Snake River Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Basalt (Pleistocene and Pliocene).

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Unorganized Dist; Eden Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Idaho Department Of Highways

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1965, VOLCANIC CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 135, P. 107

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON IBM & G PAMPHLET 13

  • Deposit

    TWIN FALLS QUAD, IBMG 1982 MINES AND PROSPECT MAP SERIES, V.E. MITCHELL, ET. AL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.