Cinder Deposit

Prospect in Canyon county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070275
MRDS ID W013083
MAS/MILS ID 0160270065
Record type Site
Current site name Cinder Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.58927, 43.36378 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 3 MI. W. OF MELBA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Canyon(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Walters Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Snake-Succor(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Canyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001S 002W 04,05 SWNW (04) Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Nampa-Caldwell Formation
    Rock description Nampa-Caldwell Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.58927, 43.36378

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Melba Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Asher, R. R., 1965, Volcanic Construction Materials In Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 135, P. 10

  • Deposit

    1963 Recon IBMG Pamphlet 13

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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