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Rock Quarry Mine

Past Producer in Gem county in Idaho, United States with commodities Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070241
MRDS ID W013006
MAS/MILS ID 0160450032
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Quarry Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.48018, 44.04847 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 24 MILES EAST OF PAYETTE, IDAHO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Gem(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cherry Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Weiser(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 Gem

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 001W 08 N2 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Poison Creek Formation-Sst, Arkose, Orthoquartzite;Payette Formation-Clay, Sand, Sandstone
    Rock description Poison Creek Formation-Sst, Arkose, Orthoquartzite;Payette Formation-Clay, Sand, Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Orthoquartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Arkose

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.48018, 44.04847
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Banks Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Savage, C. N., 1961, Geology And Mineral Resources Of Gem And Payette Counties: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology County Rept. No. 4, 50 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Nakai, Terry L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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