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Old Boise Stone Company Quarry

Past Producer in Ada county in Idaho, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070271
MRDS ID W013075
Record type Site
Current site name Old Boise Stone Company Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.13706, 43.59568 (WGS84)
Elevation 1085
Relative position 3/4 MI. E. OF OLSON CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ada(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boise South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Ada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003N 003E 18 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON S.E. SIDE OF TABLE ROCK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Idaho Formation-Sandstone
    Rock description Idaho Formation-Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.13706, 43.59568
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 57 DEG W
    Dip 5 DEG SW
    Thickness 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Shaw Mtn. District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Boise Stone Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Millan, Mrs. Thomas
    Home office Boise, Id

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1958, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF ADA AND CANYON COUNTIES: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. NO. 3, P. 56

  • Deposit

    1958 OTHER ID. BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. COUNTY REPT. NO.

  • Production

    SAVAGE, C. N., 1958, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 3

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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