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Green Canyon Tufa Deposit

Occurrence in Madison county in Idaho, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089394
MRDS ID W019314
MAS/MILS ID 0160650013
Record type Site
Current site name Green Canyon Tufa Deposit
Alternate or previous names Pincock

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.43832, 43.78321 (WGS84)
Elevation 1859
Relative position 17 MI WNW OF DRIGGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Madison(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wright Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Rexburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Teton(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Madison

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005N 043E 06 NWNWSW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 5 Mi Up Canyon Creek From Highway 20 ( 33 ?); Location Approximate

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.43832, 43.78321
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 457.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Rexburg Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner E. J. Niebaur

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Item 1 Amounts To Several Thousand Tons Of Reserves

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hubbard, C. R., 1951 , Green Canyon (Pincock) Hot Springs: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept

  • Deposit

    1951 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1982, Driggs Quad, Location No. 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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