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Diatomite Occurrence

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078458
MRDS ID W026794
Record type Site
Current site name Diatomite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.55985, 42.41016 (WGS84)
Elevation 1509
Relative position 27.5 MI NW OF RIDDLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dickshooter Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riddle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Owyhee(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 011S;012S 002W;002W 34,35,36;02,03 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • PLOTTED IN SECTION 3 , LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PURE WHITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomite Ore
Clay Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 125 WEIGHED 43.1 LB/CF FOR THE SOLID, 18 LB/CF FOR THE POWDER
Result ITS POWER OF ABSORPTION WAS 96 % (FOR POWDER)
Result 5 OTHER SAMPLES RANGED 27.5 - 40.6 LB/CF APPARENT DENSITY FOR THE SOLID AND 8.1 - 14.4 LB/CF FOR THE POWDER THESE POWDER SAMPLES RANGED 148 - 195 % ABSORPTION

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Diatomite
    Rock unit name Idaho Formation-Diatomite, Volcanic Ash, Clay
    Rock description Idaho Formation-Diatomite, Volcanic Ash, Clay
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Rhyolite (Miocene).
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Thickness 45.72M
    Length 609.6M
    Width 304.8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DIATOMITE OVERLIES ANDESITE AND UNDERLIES BASALT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer S. A. Mullinex, R. Thomas, G. Givens, E. N. Bennett, J. Echeverria, J. R. Canell

Mining district

District name Riddle Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Owyhee Processing Co.

Comments on the production information

  • A FEW TONS

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: UP TO 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.

Reporter information

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

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

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