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Peat Moss

Occurrence in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodity Peat
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078747
MRDS ID W027351
Record type Site
Current site name Peat Moss

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.79988, 43.44317 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 6.5 MI S OF MARSING

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Opalene Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Murphy(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Snake-Succor(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 001N 004W 10 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Peat Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Peat
    Rock unit name Peat Moss
    Rock description Peat Moss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.79988, 43.44317
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Givens Springs Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POWERS, H. A., 1955 , PEAT MOSS AREA: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT., 2 P

  • Deposit

    1955 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COVERS SEVERAL ACRES

Reporter information

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

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

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