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Packsaddle Basin Limestone Deposit

Occurrence in Teton 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  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 10093696
MRDS ID W019297
Record type Site
Current site name Packsaddle Basin Limestone Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.33081, 43.70909 (WGS84)
Elevation 2286
Relative position 11.5 MI WSW OF DRIGGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Teton(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garns Mountain(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)

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 Teton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 005N;004N 043E;043E 36;01 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS COAL DEPOSITS ON W; LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLES AND GRAB SAMPLE FROM TALUS PILE WERE ANALYZED: 42.9% IGNITION LOSS, 1.2% ACID INSOLUBLE, 54.05% CAO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pennsylvanian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.33081, 43.70909
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Horseshoe Basin District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Henry D. Mikesell

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HUBBARD STATES THESE DEPOSITS ARE VIRTUALLY INEXHAUSTIBLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1956, PACKSADDLE BASIN: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT

  • Deposit

    1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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