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Deep Gulch Mine

Past Producer in Blaine county in Idaho, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071929
MRDS ID W015705
Record type Site
Current site name Deep Gulch Mine
Related records 10119805, 10240690

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.9069, 43.6114 (WGS84)
Elevation 2499
Relative position 26 MI SSW OF MACKAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Blaine(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Muldoon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Arco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Idaho Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Wood(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Blaine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003N 021E 12 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • MULDOON RIDGE, PLOT APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Copper Basin Formation-Quartzite, Limestone
    Rock description Copper Basin Formation-Quartzite, Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.9069, 43.6114
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Little Wood River District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Sawtooth National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Franciskovic, Z. A.

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF BA ORE WAS PRODUCED IN 1959.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1975, IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: MINOBRAS

  • Deposit

    BROBST, D. A., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCE - BARITE, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P.46-48.

  • Deposit

    GRINER, W. C., 1974, SEVENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1973-1974

  • Production

    BROBST, D. A., 1964, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1977-03-01 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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