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Monroe Creek Tuff Deposit

Occurrence in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodities Clay, Fullers Earth
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070237
MRDS ID W012998
MAS/MILS ID 0160870046
Record type Site
Current site name Monroe Creek Tuff Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.9235, 44.31927 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 7 MI. NORTH OF WEISER, ON MONROE CREEK, OPPOSITE FROM THE MODOCK MINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weiser North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Weiser(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Weiser(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011N 005W 03 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR SAGEBRUSH HILL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Fullers Earth Tertiary

Analytical data

Result SUPERIOR QUALITY OF FULLER'S EARTH
Result FINE GRAINED AND UNIFORM TEXTURE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Silt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Volcanic Ash
    Rock unit name Idaho Formation-Ash, Silt, Tuff
    Rock description Idaho Formation-Ash, Silt, Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.9235, 44.31927
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Snake River Downwarp; Broad Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Flat Plain With Minor Anticlines.

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1911

Mining district

District name Weiser Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: HIGH RAILWAY SHIPPING RATE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1912, 13TH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1911, P. 132 - 133

  • Deposit

    1912 COMPILE 13TH ANN. REPT. OF THE MINING INDUSTRY FOR 191

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Nakai, Terry L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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

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