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Diatomite Mine

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodity Diatomite
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10078452
MRDS ID W026787
Record type Site
Current site name Diatomite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.55287, 43.01458 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 14 MI S OF MURPHY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sinker Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Snake-Succor(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(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 Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005S 002W 02,03,10,11 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN BATES AND PICKETT CREEKS NEAR JUNCTION OF SECTIONS 2, 3 , 10 , 11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomite Ore
Clay Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result DIATOMITE WEIGHED 35 LB/CF IN SOLID FORM AND 11.2 LB/CF IN POWDER FORM
Result 104 % ABSORPTION IN SOLID, 137 % IN POWDER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Diatomite
    Rock unit name Idaho Formation-Diatomite, Clay, Sand;Payette Formation-Shale
    Rock description Idaho Formation-Diatomite, Clay, Sand;Payette Formation-Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.55287, 43.01458
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WEDGE
    Thickness 3.96M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 274.32M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • 2 Small Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name French District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 8 WAS SEVERAL TONS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BLOCK 1000 FT BY 900 FT BY 840 FT WITH 13 FT THICKNESS USED FOR ABOVE EST.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEPOSIT CONTAINS 1 - 2 % IMPURITIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POWERS, H. A., 1947 , DIATOMITE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN IDAHO: IDAHO BUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY MIN. RES. REPT. NO. 4 , 27 P

  • Deposit

    1947 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MIN. RES. REPT. NO.

  • Production

    POWERS, H. A., 1947 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MIN. RES. REPT. NO. 4

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIATOMITE DEPOSIT MAY EXTEND AS MUCH AS 1 MILE TO THE NORTH

Reporter information

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

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