Rocky Mnt Quartzite Quarry

Producer in Cassia county in Idaho, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10168613
MAS/MILS ID 0160310009
Record type Site
Current site name Rocky Mnt Quartzite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -113.90087, 42.09101 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cassia(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Goose(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Cassia

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 015 S 022 E 29 C Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON MIDDLE MOUNTAIN, ABOUT 12 MILWE SOUTH OF OAKLEY, IDAHO; ON THE GOOSE CREEK ROAD, PAST THE WARM SPRINGS ROAD TURNOFF

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -113.90087, 42.09101

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Northern Stone Supply, Inc.
    ID 1000648
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED JULY 1980

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-MAR-85 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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusIntermittent since 11/15/1984
MSHA mine ID1000648
Mine name (MSHA)Rocky Mountain Quartzite Quarry
Current operatorNorthern Stone Supply Inc
Current controller (parent)Gregory L Osterhout
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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