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Gypsum Deposit

Occurrence in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078449
MRDS ID W026781
Record type Site
Current site name Gypsum Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.07881, 44.57176 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 22.5 MI NNW OF WEISER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monroe Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014N 006W 04,08 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gypsum Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite
    Rock unit name Gypsum, Limestone
    Rock description Gypsum, Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.07881, 44.57176
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form BEDDED
    Length 4023.25M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GYPSUM IN LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mineral District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WITHINGTON, C. F., 1964 , MINERAL RESOURCES - GYPSUM, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1 , P. 101 - 10

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 BEDS

Reporter information

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

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