Cinder Deposit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070309
MRDS ID W013153
Record type Site
Current site name Cinder Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.92758, 42.5935 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 7 MI. W. OF PAUL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Minidoka(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burley SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Walcott(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Walcott(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Minidoka

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 009S 022E 31 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Volcanic Materials Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Snake River Volcanics, Cinder
    Rock description Snake River Volcanics, Cinder
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.92758, 42.5935

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form CONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Paul Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Idaho Department Of Highways

Comments on the production information

  • SOME PRODUCTION IN 1963.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MUCH OF THE DEPOSIT LIES UNDER A TRIANGULATION POINT AND NO EQUIPMENT MAY BE USED WITHIN 75 FEET OF THE BRASS CAP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1965, VOLCANIC CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 135, P. 107

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON IBMG PAMPHLET 13

  • Production

    ASHER, R. R., 1965: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 135, P. 107.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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