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Mink Creek Slate Quarry

Past Producer in Bannock county in Idaho, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089116
MRDS ID W013150
Record type Site
Current site name Mink Creek Slate Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.39973, 42.73461 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 8 MI. S. OF POCATELLO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bannock(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clifton Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Portneuf(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bannock

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008S 035E 08,07 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Brigham Quartzite;Brigham Quartzite
    Rock description Brigham Quartzite;Brigham Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.39973, 42.73461
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 24 DEG E
    Dip 40 DEG E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Fort Hall District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Glen Woodry; Salem, Oregon

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOTSON, J. C., 1957, MINK CREEK SLATE: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    1957 RECON ID. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. OPEN FILE REPT

  • Production

    DOTSON, J.C., 1957: ID. BUR MINES & GEOL. OPEN-FILE REPT.

  • Reserve-Resource

    DOTSON, J.C., 1957; ID. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. OPEN FILE REPT.

Reporter information

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

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