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Draney Spring

Past Producer in Caribou county in Idaho, United States with commodities Bromine, Salt
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10078010
MRDS ID W026119
MAS/MILS ID 0160290031
Record type Site
Current site name Draney Spring

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.08139, 42.72072 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951
Relative position 8 MI W OF AFTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caribou(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sage Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salt(hydrologic unit)

Snake Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Caribou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008S 046E 16 N2SESE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 4 Mi S Peterson Spring

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bromine Primary
Salt Primary

Analytical data

Result SALT WATER BRINE ANALYZED AT 98+ % NACL

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Preuss Sandstone-Sandstone, Conglomerate, Salt;Salt Lake Formation-Clay, Salt, Gravel
    Rock description Preuss Sandstone-Sandstone, Conglomerate, Salt;Salt Lake Formation-Clay, Salt, Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Salt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.08139, 42.72072
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Anticline Crest ( Breger, 1910 ); Bannock Overthrust Zone ( Mansfield, 1927 )

Comments on the geologic information

  • What Mansfield ( 1927 ) Called Preuss Sandstone Was In 1910 (Breger) Called The Beckwith Formation; The Change Was Made In 1916

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 Afton, Wyoming Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Haulage Under 1909 Conditions Made Outside Markets Out Of The Question

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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