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Fall Creek, Porcupine Creek Limestone -Dolomite Deposit

Occurrence in Bonneville county in Idaho, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Dolomite, Magnesite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073307
MRDS ID W019327
MAS/MILS ID 0160190150
Record type Site
Current site name Fall Creek, Porcupine Creek Limestone -Dolomite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.48442, 43.39242 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position 25 MI ESE OF AMMON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Conant 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 042E 23,26 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Location Approximate

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Tertiary
Dolomite Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone, Dolomite
    Rock description Limestone, Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Sedimentary rocks (Jurassic).
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Willow Cr - Caribou District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Caribou National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Minobras, 1975 , Idaho Industrial Minerals: Minobras, 197

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

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

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