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Perlite Deposit

Occurrence in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodity Perlite
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089095
MRDS ID W013081
Record type Site
Current site name Perlite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.60817, 43.09048 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 9 MI. S. OF MURPHY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sinker Canyon(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 004S 002W 08 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1 1/2 MI. E. OF SINKER CR. BRIDGE ON SILVER CITY ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Tertiary

Analytical data

Result MATERIAL APPEARANCE RANGES FROM BLACK OBSIDIAN TO GRAYISH - BLACK PERLITE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Obsidian
    Rock unit name Perlite
    Rock description Perlite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.60817, 43.09048
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 30.48M
    Width 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name French District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEPOSIT IS LENTICULAR. SELECTIVE MINING WOULD BE REQUIRED. NEAREST RAILPOINT IS 30 MI.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1965, VOLCANIC CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 135, P. 133 - 13

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON IBMG - PAMPHLET 13

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat 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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