Snake River Area (Bentonite Occurrence)

Occurrence in Bonneville county in Idaho, United States with commodity Bentonite
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073282
MRDS ID W019283
MAS/MILS ID 0160190168
Record type Site
Current site name Snake River Area (Bentonite Occurrence)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.36271, 43.42802 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 23.5 MI SW OF DRIGGS; 1.5 MI SW OF SWAN VALLEY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swan Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palisades(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palisades(hydrologic unit)

Snake Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonneville

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001N 043E 11 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Sw Bank Snake River About 2 Mi W Of Swan Valley; Location Approximate

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bentonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone > Bentonite
    Rock unit name Salt Lake Formation-Bentonite
    Rock description Salt Lake Formation-Bentonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.36271, 43.42802

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Willow Creek - Caribou District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Deposit Not Commercial

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Savage, C. N., 1961 , Geology And Mineral Resources Of Bonneville County: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology County Rept. No. 5 , 108 P.

  • Deposit

    Minobras, 1975 , Idaho Industrial Minerals: Minobras 55 P.

  • Deposit

    1961 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Co. Rept.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Deposit Only Few Inches Thick

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 26-JAN-1993 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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