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Marsh Creek Peat Deposit

Producer in Bannock county in Idaho, United States with commodity Peat
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107295
MRDS ID W013171
Record type Site
Current site name Marsh Creek Peat Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.18642, 42.41912 (WGS84)
Elevation 1417
Relative position 3 MI. W. OF DOWNEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bannock(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Downey West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Malad City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Portneuf(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bannock

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011S 037E 31 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Peat Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Peat
    Rock unit name Peat
    Rock description Peat
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.18642, 42.41912
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Downy Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES - PEAT, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL REPT. NO. 1, P. 145

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1975, IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 12.

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE ID. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. SPECIAL REPT. NO. 1

Reporter information

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

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