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Croley Mine

Past Producer in Bonneville county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lignite, Uranium
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105932
MRDS ID W019245
Record type Site
Current site name Croley Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.63862, 43.29572 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 20.5 MI SE OF AMMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jumpoff Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palisades(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willow(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonneville

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001S 041E 27 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lignite Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Lignite Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.007 % U FROM GRAB SAMPLE OF SELECTED COAL ON DUMP WITH ASH CONTENT OF 21.7 %
Result DUMP MATERIAL AVG. 0.002 % U AND 48.6 % ASH

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Wayan Formation Dark Shale, Lignite
    Rock description Wayan Formation Dark Shale, Lignite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.63862, 43.29572
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1925
Discoverer Croley

Mining district

District name Willow Creek - Caribou District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 CAVED TUNNELS AND SEVERAL PROSPECTS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: FRIABLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MANSFIELD, G. R., 1920 , COAL IN EASTERN IDAHO: USGS BULLETIN 716-F, P. 133 - 144

  • Deposit

    VINE, J. D., 1959 , GEOLOGY AND URANIUM DEPOSITS IN CARBONACEOUS ROCKS OF THE FALL CREEK AREA, BONNEVILLE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1055-I, P. 255 - 294

  • Deposit

    1918 RECON SCHULTZ, A. R., BULL. 680

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON MANSFIELD, G. R., BULL. 716-F

  • Deposit

    1959 RECON VINE, J. D., BULL. 1055-I

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Fabiyi, E. E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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