Montpelier Canyon Gypsum Deposit

Past Producer in Bear Lake county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
Sections on this page
  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 10077992
MRDS ID W026096
MAS/MILS ID 0160070021
Record type Site
Current site name Montpelier Canyon Gypsum Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.22859, 42.32913 (WGS84)
Elevation 2042
Relative position 3.5 MI E MONTPELIER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bear Lake(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Montpelier Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bear Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 Bear Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 012S 045E 32 Idaho
Boise 013S 045E 05 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Deposit 1000 Ft Above U. S. Highway 89

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Analytical data

Result ORE MATERIAL 88 % GYPSUM FROM 4 FT THICK BED

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Wells Formation-Sandstone, Limestone
    Rock description Wells Formation-Sandstone, Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.22859, 42.32913

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Montpelier District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner David Follick

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Not Very Accessible, Too Small To Be Used Except Locally As Soil Conditioner

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.