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Cinder Deposit

Occurrence 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 10070277
MRDS ID W013087
MAS/MILS ID 0160270020
Record type Site
Current site name Cinder Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.76428, 43.56097 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 2 1/2 MI. E. OF MARSING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Canyon(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marsing(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Boise(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 003N 004W 25 E2SESW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Tertiary

Analytical data

Result RED, FRIABLE CINDERS. SIZE RANGE - 1 INCH TO FINE SAND.

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-Caldwell-Nampa Sediments
    Rock description Snake River Volcanics-Caldwell-Nampa Sediments

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.76428, 43.56097
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N
    Dip 15 DEG E
    Thickness 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Marsing Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Easily Accessible; Small Amount Of Overburden

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Asher, R. R., 1965, Volcanic Construction Materials In Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 135, P. 100 - 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.

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