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Cinder Deposit

Prospect in Canyon county in Idaho, United States with commodity Volcanic Materials
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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. 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 10070276
MRDS ID W013085
MAS/MILS ID 0160270062
Record type Site
Current site name Cinder Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.55127, 43.34409 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 2 MI. S. 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 10,11,14 C E2SE (10) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • South End Of Walters Butte

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.55127, 43.34409
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CONE

Comments on the geologic information

  • Snake River Volcanics - Caldwell - Nampa Sediments.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Melba Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Screening, To Remove Admixed Sand And Gravel Could Be Utilized In The Production Of A Fine Grained, Lightweight Aggregate, If Market Were Present.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Asher, R. R., 1965, Volcanic Construction Materials In Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 135, P. 103

  • 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 30-JAN-1995 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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