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Salmon Sandstone Quarry S.

Past Producer in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070442
MRDS ID W013380
Record type Site
Current site name Salmon Sandstone Quarry S.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.86782, 45.18989 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 3 MI. SW OF SALMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

East of Salmon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 021E 14 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Carmen
    Rock description Carmen

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.86782, 45.18989
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Eureka District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 24.38M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • QUARRY 15 FT. DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1956, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE SALMON QUADRANGLE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 106, 102 P.

  • Deposit

    BEHRE, C. H., JR., 1930, TERTIARY VOLCANIC TUFFS AND SANDSTONES USED AS BUILDING STONES IN THE UPPER SALMON RIVER VALLEY, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 811, PT. 1, P. 237 - 248.

  • Deposit

    1930 COMPILE BEHRE; BULL. 811

  • Deposit

    1956 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 106

  • Production

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1956, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 106, 102 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-74 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-83 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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