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Hot Creek Falls Limestone Deposit

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078744
MRDS ID W027343
Record type Site
Current site name Hot Creek Falls Limestone Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.76064, 42.75679 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position ABOUT 9 MI S OF BRUNEAU

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sugar Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glenns Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Twin Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bruneau(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008S 006E 03,04,05,08,09,10 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Idaho Formation-Fossiliferous Limestone, Calc. Tuff And Travertine
    Rock description Idaho Formation-Fossiliferous Limestone, Calc. Tuff And Travertine
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.76064, 42.75679
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 0
    Thickness 7.62M
    Width 1609.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Bruneau Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner T. Sotoelting And O. Mertz

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MILLIONS OF TONS IN RESERVE

Comments on development

  • 2 CLAIMS ; ECON.COM: 21 MI FROM A RAILROAD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POWERS, H. A., 1956 , HOT CREEK FALLS LIMESTONE DEPOSIT: IDAHO BUR MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT., 2 P.

  • Deposit

    ANONYMOUS, 1975 , IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: MINOBRAS, P. 50

  • Deposit

    1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT

  • Reserve-Resource

    POWERS, H. A., 1956 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL MILES LONG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1977 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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