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Oneida Perlite Corp. Pit

Producer in Oneida 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. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089117
MRDS ID W013152
Record type Site
Current site name Oneida Perlite Corp. Pit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.3175, 42.4402 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 25 MI. N. OF MALAD CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Oneida(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wakley Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Malad City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Bear-Malad(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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 Oneida

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011S 035E 25 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Analytical data

Result PERLITE IS LIGHT GRAY TO WHITE. PERLITIC STRUCTURE IS WELL DEVELOPED. MATERIAL SOMEWHAT BRITTLE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Obsidian
    Rock unit name Salt Lake Formation-Perlite
    Rock description Salt Lake Formation-Perlite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.3175, 42.4402
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PERLITE GRADES LATERALLY INTO ORDINARY FLOW ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1961

Mining district

District name Daniels Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Oneida Perlite Corp. Of Malad

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 2407.92M
    Overall width 792.48M

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: LACK OF UNEXPANDABLE WASTE IN THIS DEPOSIT. DRILLING OR BLASTING ARE SELDOM REQUIRED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1965, VOLCANIC CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 135, P. 130 - 132

  • Deposit

    1963 RECON IBMG PAMPHLET 13

  • Production

    ASHER, R. R., 1965: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 135, P. 130 - 132.

Reporter information

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

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