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Ray Banbury Diatomite Deposit

Occurrence in Twin Falls county in Idaho, United States with commodity Diatomite
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  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 10070132
MRDS ID W012835
Record type Site
Current site name Ray Banbury Diatomite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.83869, 42.70379 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 11 MI. N.W. OF BUHL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Twin Falls(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thousand Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twin Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Twin Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salmon Falls(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Twin Falls

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008S 014E 29 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GRAY WHITE IN COLOR

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomite Ore
Clay Gangue
Gypsum Gangue
Muscovite Gangue

Analytical data

Result DRY WEIGHT = 43.7 - 49.3 LBS./CF. ABSORPTION, POWDERED = 121 - 142%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Diatomite
    Rock unit name Idaho Formation-Diatomite, Sand, Clay, Volcanic Ash
    Rock description Idaho Formation-Diatomite, Sand, Clay, Volcanic Ash
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.83869, 42.70379
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIATOMITE LIES BETWEEN OWYHEE RHYOLITE AND SNAKE RIVER BASALT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Buhl Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ray Banbury

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF MATERIAL ARE EASILY ACCESSIBLE. 30 FT OF CLAY OVERBURDEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STALEY, W. W., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES - DIATOMITE, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL REPORT NO. 1, P. 77 - 79.

  • Deposit

    POWERS, HAROLD A., 1947, DIATOMITE DEPOSITS IN SOUTHWESTERN IDAHO: MOSCOW, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, P. 30 - 31.

  • Deposit

    POWERS, H.A., 1947 , DIATOMITE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN IDAHO: IDAHO BUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY MIN. RES. REPT. NO. 4, 27 P.

  • Deposit

    1947 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MIN. RES. REPT. NO. 4

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1

Reporter information

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

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