Fall Creek Travertine Mine

Producer in Bonneville county in Idaho, United States with commodity Limestone, Ultra Pure
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107333
MRDS ID W019323
Record type Site
Current site name Fall Creek Travertine Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.39861, 43.42822 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 3.5 MI WSW OF SWAN VALLEY (TOWN); 35 MI SE OF REXBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Conant Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palisades(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palisades(hydrologic unit)

Snake Headwaters(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 Bonneville

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001N 043E 09 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, Ultra Pure Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Travertine Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.39861, 43.42822

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Willow Cr - Caribou District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Caribou National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1975 , IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: MINOBRAS, 55 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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