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Leland Freiberghaus Cinder Pit

Producer 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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070278
MRDS ID W013089
MAS/MILS ID 0160270045
Record type Site
Current site name Leland Freiberghaus Cinder Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.56987, 43.43128 (WGS84)
Elevation 808
Relative position 10 MI. S. OF NAMPA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Canyon(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Melba(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(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 001N 002W 10 NWNWSE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Fairly Coarse Mixture; Operator Crushes To 1/4 Inch.

Analytical data

Result SIZE RANGE 1/4 - 6 INCHES. CHEMICAL ANALYSIS IS: FE2O3 - 9.0
Result AL2O3 - 24.7
Result SIO2 - 49.6
Result CAO - 3.9
Result MGO - 2.3
Result NA2O - 7.8
Result K2O - 2.4
Result LOSS ON IGNITION - 0.3.

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvial deposits.
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 15 DEG N
    Thickness 36.58M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Melba Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Freiberghaus, Leland

Comments on the ownership information

  • Largest Commercial Property In Adjacent Counties Under Lease To Leland Freiberghaus And Operated By Western Cinder Block Co. Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 6.88HA

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Cinders Not Consolidated - Easily Removed With Power Shovel

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Asher, R. R., 1965, Volcanic Construction Materials In Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 135, P. 98 - 9

  • Deposit

    1963 Recon IBMG Pamphlet 13

  • Deposit

    Savage C.N.,1958, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Co Rpt No. 3, P. 61

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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