Sand Hollow Prospect

Occurrence in Payette county in Idaho, United States with commodities Manganese, Diatomite
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070242
MRDS ID W013007
Record type Site
Current site name Sand Hollow Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.78269, 44.14707 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position 15 MI. SE OF WEISER, IDAHO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Payette(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weiser Cove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Weiser(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Snake-Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Payette

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 009N 004W 02 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Diatomite Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SAND SHOWS MN = 6.8% CAO = 0.8% FE = 2.8%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Columbia River Basalts
    Rock description Columbia River Basalts
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Payette Formation-Sands, Silt, Tuff
    Rock description Payette Formation-Sands, Silt, Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.78269, 44.14707

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Trellis Type Drainage

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Payette Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • COUNTER CURRENT LEACHING WITH SULFUR DIOXIDE WILL BE THE MOST LOGICAL METHOD OF EXTRACTING THE MN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRATER, L. S., 1947, METALLURGICAL TESTS ON THE MN - BEARING SANDS: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 78, 11 P.

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1961, GEOLOGY OF GEM AND PAYETTE COUNTIES: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPORT NO. 4, P. 35.

  • Deposit

    1947 OTHER I.B.M.G. PAMPHLET 78

  • Deposit

    1961 GEOLMAP I.B.M.G. COUNTY REPT. NO. 4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Nakai, Terry L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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