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Kit Quarry

Producer in Power county in Idaho, United States with commodities Quartz, Silica, Stone
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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 10107294
MRDS ID W013151
MAS/MILS ID 0160770015
Record type Site
Current site name Kit Quarry
Alternate or previous names Silica Quarry, Wells Cargo Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.53224, 42.83211 (WGS84)
Elevation 1798
Relative position 3.5 MI SW OF POCATELLO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Power(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Michaud Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

American Falls(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 Power

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007S 034E 06,07 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary
Silica Primary
Stone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore

Analytical data

Result 80 - 98% SIO2
Result FS MIN EXAM 1967 PLUMB ASSAY 1967 BLACK AND DEASON SALT LAKE CITY

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Brigham Quartzite
    Rock description Brigham Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.53224, 42.83211
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pocatello Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Wells Cargo, Inc.
    Home office Pocatello

Comments on the workings information

  • Side Hill Quarry

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    Dotson, J. C., 1957: Idaho Bureau Of Mines and Geology Open-File Report

  • Deposit

    Carter, W. D., And Savage, C. N., 1964, Mineral Resources - Silica, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Special Rept. No. 1, P. 179.

  • Deposit

    Minobras, 1975, Idaho Industrial Minerals, P. 51.

  • Deposit

    Dotson, J. C., 1957, Silica Quarry : Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Report

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-76 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-NOV-76 Meier, M. Lorrie U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-83 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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