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Sunday Group Occurrence

Occurrence in Bannock county in Idaho, United States with commodity Silica
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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 10093478
MRDS ID W013284
Record type Site
Current site name Sunday Group Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.00722, 42.62772 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 3/4 MI. N LAVA HOT SPRINGS; 26.5 MI. SE POCATELLO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bannock(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Haystack Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bannock

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 009S 038E 21,22 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Tertiary

Analytical data

Result HIGH PURITY SILICA

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Swan Peak Quartzite
    Rock description Swan Peak Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.00722, 42.62772
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fort Hall District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. R. Simplot Co.
    Home office Boise, Id

Comments on development

  • 8 LODE CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOTSON, J. C., 1957, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT, 2 P

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Sommerfeld, Paul T.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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

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