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Crow Creek Rock Salt

Past Producer in Caribou county in Idaho, United States with commodity Halite
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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 10105962
MRDS ID W026121
Record type Site
Current site name Crow Creek Rock Salt

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.08249, 42.61682 (WGS84)
Elevation 1990
Relative position 10.25 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

Elk 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 28 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • SE SIDE CROW CREEK VALLEY OPPOSITE LOWE RANCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary

Analytical data

Result CRUDE SALT: SOLUBLE SALT - 91.79 %
Result INSOLUBLE MATERIALS -RED CLAY - 5.51 %
Result LIME, MGO, SO3, CO2 - 0.91 %
Result MOISTURE - 0.85 %

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Clay, Mud
    Rock unit name Salt Lake Formation-Salt, Clay, Gravel;Preuss Sandstone-Sandstone, Conglomerate, Shale, Salt;Conglomerate
    Rock description Salt Lake Formation-Salt, Clay, Gravel;Preuss Sandstone-Sandstone, Conglomerate, Shale, Salt;Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Salt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.08249, 42.61682
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 8.84M
    Depth to top 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • WHAT MANSFIELD ( 1927 ) CALLED PREUSS SANDSTONE WAS IN 1910 (BREGER) CALLED THE BECKWITH FORMATION; THE CHANGE WAS MADE IN 1916

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Discoverer James Splawn And H. Hokanson

Mining district

District name Afton, Wyoming Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John W. Booth

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 8 GRADE FROM BREGER, USGS BULL. 430 ( 1910 )

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ESTIMATE ABOVE FOR 113 ACRE AREA AND 15 FT AVE. THICKNESS

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PITS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HAULAGE UNDER 1909 CONDITIONS MADE OUTSIDE MARKETS OUT OF THE QUESTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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