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Rattlesnake Canyon Sulfur Deposit

Occurrence in Caribou county in Idaho, United States with commodity Sulfur
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077995
MRDS ID W026100
Record type Site
Current site name Rattlesnake Canyon Sulfur Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.39052, 42.55714 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195
Relative position 5.5 MI N OF GEORGETOWN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bear Lake(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fossil Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Springs(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 Caribou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 010S 043E 14 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S SIDE CANYON

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result 2 HAND - PICKED SAMPLES: 79.92 % NATIVE SULFUR AND 0.33 % IN FORM OF SULFATE
Result 2ND SAMPLE: 90.55 % NATIVE SULFUR, 0.45 % IN FORM OF SULFATE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Madison Limestone;Park City Formation-Quartzite, Shale, Sandstone;Dinwoody Formation-Shale;Salt Lake Formation-Tuff, Quartzite, Limestone
    Rock description Madison Limestone;Park City Formation-Quartzite, Shale, Sandstone;Dinwoody Formation-Shale;Salt Lake Formation-Tuff, Quartzite, Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.39052, 42.55714
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CRUSTS, MASSES
    Thickness 12.19M
    Length 109.73M
    Depth to bottom 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone (Lcret)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer F. R. Richards

Mining district

District name Georgetown Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Caribou National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Willamette Paper Co.
    First year 1945

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 21.34M
    Overall width 6.1M

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.

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