Dingle Sandstone Quarry

Past Producer in Bear Lake county in Idaho, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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. 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077997
MRDS ID W026102
MAS/MILS ID 0160070076
Record type Site
Current site name Dingle Sandstone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.21249, 42.15633 (WGS84)
Elevation 2131
Relative position 12 MI SSE OF MONTPELIER; 10 MI ENE ST. CHARLES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bear Lake(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pegram(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Bear(hydrologic unit)

Upper Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bear Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014S 045E 32 NESESE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Light Reddish - Brown In Color

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result CRUSHING STRENGTH - 12,000 PSI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Nugget Sandstone
    Rock description Nugget Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.21249, 42.15633

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 40 DEG W
    Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Dingle Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Matthews, John Y. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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