1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Poison Canyon Sandstone Quarry

Past Producer in Caribou county in Idaho, United States with commodities Stone, Dimension, Sandstone, Crushed/Broken
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. 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 10105960
MRDS ID W026103
MAS/MILS ID 0160290104
Record type Site
Current site name Poison Canyon Sandstone Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.07999, 42.64912 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 19 MI NE OF GEORGETOWN; 9 MI SW OF AFTON, WYO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caribou(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sage Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Salt(hydrologic unit)

Snake Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Caribou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 009S 046E 09 SESE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary
Sandstone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Light Yellow Or White In Color

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Analytical data

Result COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH AVG. 12,995 PSI
Result ABSORBTION 3.15 % AVG.
Result SPECIFIC GRAVITY 2.313

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Nugget Sandstone
    Rock description Nugget Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.07999, 42.64912
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 17 DEG E
    Dip 75 DEG W
    Thickness 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Afton, Wyoming Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Dip Above Ave., Ranges 58 Deg W - 90 Deg

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site