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Shale Bed Prospect

Occurrence in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodities Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay
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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 10070243
MRDS ID W013009
Record type Site
Current site name Shale Bed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.1502, 44.27377 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Relative position 10 MI. W. OF WEISER, IDAHO, AND 2 MI. N. OF OREGON - WASHINGTON RAILROAD AND NAVIGATION CO. MAIN LINE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Olds Ferry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011N 007W 23 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Tertiary
Clay Tertiary

Analytical data

Result GENERAL PLASTICITY IS GOOD, SLAKES VERY SLOWLY, DRY LINEAR SHRINKAGE 8% WITHOUT CRACKING.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Payette Or Idaho Formation-Shale
    Rock description Payette Or Idaho Formation-Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.1502, 44.27377
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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 TABULAR
    Strike NE - SW
    Dip 0
    Thickness 1.83M
    Depth to top 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 4.88M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1919
Discoverer Frank H. Skeels

Mining district

District name Weiser Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT IS EXPOSED IN A LARGE CUT IN A CREEKBED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SKEELS, F. H., 1920, CLAYS OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 2, 71 P

  • Deposit

    1920 COMPILE ID. BUREAU OF MINES GEOL. BULL.

Reporter information

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

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