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Salmon Sandstone Quarry E.

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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 10070441
MRDS ID W013379
Record type Site
Current site name Salmon Sandstone Quarry E.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.93672, 45.15099 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1 1/2 MI N.E. OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salmon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 022N 022E 33 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ROCK COMPOSED MOSTLY OF WELL - SORTED, ANGULAR QUARTZ GRAINS WITH SOME MICROCLINE, ORTHOCLASE, AND MUSCOVITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Carmen
    Rock description Carmen

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.93672, 45.15099
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1956, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SALMON QUADRANGLE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 106, 102 P

  • Deposit

    1956 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 10

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1956, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 106, 102 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-74 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-83 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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