Idaho Quartzite

Prospect in Cassia county in Idaho, United States with commodity Silica
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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10192752
MAS/MILS ID 0160310291
Record type Site
Current site name Idaho Quartzite
Alternate or previous names Emigrant Canyon

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -113.69256, 42.00661 (WGS84)
Elevation 2080
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cassia(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Almo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raft(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 016 S 024 E 30 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -113.69256, 42.00661

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Idaho Quartzite
    Interest 100

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MCNARY, S. W., LOWE, N. T., ZILKA, N. T., AND OTHERS, 1989,

  • Deposit

    PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS OF INDUSTRIAL MINERALS (EXCLUDING

  • Deposit

    PHOSPHATE) IN IDAHO, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IDAHO QUARTZITE IS TRYING TO MARKET METALLURGICAL GRADE QUARTZITE WITH 97% SIO2 AND 0.5% FE AND 0.8% AL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-JAN-1989 Rains, Richard U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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