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Inkom (Silica) Quarry

Producer in Bannock county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silica, Quartz
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070380
MRDS ID W013281
MAS/MILS ID 0160050078
Record type Site
Current site name Inkom (Silica) Quarry
Alternate or previous names Inkom Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.27273, 42.78521 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 1.5 MI SW OF INKOM; 9 MI SE OF POCATELLO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bannock(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Inkom(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Portneuf(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bannock

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007S 036E 29 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary
Quartz Primary

Analytical data

Result 94% SIO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Brigham Quartzite
    Rock description Brigham Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.27273, 42.78521
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 DEG E
    Dip 65 DEG W
    Width 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fort Hall District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Morrison And Knudsen
  • Type Owner
    Owner State And Private Land

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Dotson, J. C., 1957, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open File Report, 2 P.

  • Deposit

    Hubbard, C. R., 1956, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Report.

  • Deposit

    1956 Recon Id. Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Open - File Rept.

  • Deposit

    1957 Recon Id. Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Open - File Rept.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Sommerfeld, Paul T.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 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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