Cinder Deposit

Occurrence in Canyon county in Idaho, United States with commodity Volcanic Materials
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  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 10089097
MRDS ID W013086
MAS/MILS ID 0160270039
Record type Site
Current site name Cinder Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.64988, 43.48957 (WGS84)
Elevation 808
Relative position 3 MI. S. OF LAKE LOWELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Canyon(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Givens Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Canyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 002N 003W 24 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary

Analytical data

Result FRAGMENT SIZE RANGE IS FROM 4 INCHES TO FINE SAND.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Snake River Volcanics-Caldwell-Nampa Sediments
    Rock description Snake River Volcanics-Caldwell-Nampa Sediments
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.64988, 43.48957

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 35 DEG E
    Dip 10 DEG N
    Thickness 10.67M
    Length 609.6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nampa Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Asher, R. R., 1965, Volcanic Construction Materials In Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 135, P. 101 - 103

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 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.