Minerals, Inc. Fertilizer Property

Occurrence in Owyhee 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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093467
MRDS ID W013116
Record type Site
Current site name Minerals, Inc. Fertilizer Property
Alternate or previous names Nitrate Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.65767, 43.32068 (WGS84)
Elevation 823
Relative position 9 MI. N.W. OF MURPHY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wilson Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Snake-Succor(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 001S 003W 23 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.65767, 43.32068

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Wilson Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cimota Enterprises, Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 15.24M

Comments on development

  • 6 UNPATENTED CLAIMS IN 1955

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POWERS, H.A., 1955, MINERAL, INC.: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, OPEN FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    MC DOWELL, G. A., 1955 , 57TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1955.

  • Deposit

    1955 RECON ID. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. - OPEN FILE REPOR

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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