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 10089098
MRDS ID W013088
MAS/MILS ID 0160270018
Record type Site
Current site name Cinder Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.75928, 43.55267 (WGS84)
Elevation 747
Relative position 2 1/2 MI. E. OF MARSING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Canyon(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marsing(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(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 003N 004W 36 C SWNE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Idaho Formation-Volcanic Sediments
    Rock description Idaho Formation-Volcanic Sediments

Nearby scientific data

(1) Lake Bonneville deposits.

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CONE
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 457.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Marsing Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Easily Accessible; Small Amount Of Overburden

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Asher, R. R., 1965, Volcanic Construction Materials In Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 135, P. 100 - 101

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 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.