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Topaz Dolomite Mining Claim

Occurrence in Bannock county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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. 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 10090839
MRDS ID D006779
Record type Site
Current site name Topaz Dolomite Mining Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.08002, 42.60962 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position 3.5 MI S 70 W OF LAVA HOT SPRINGS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bannock(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lava Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pocatello(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Portneuf(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper 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 Bannock

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 009S 037E 25,35,36 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PORTNEUF VALLEY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Magnesite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Dolomite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Laketown Formation
    Rock description Laketown Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.08002, 42.60962
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N30-50W
    Dip 17-30NE
    Thickness 129.54M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lava Hot Springs Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner G. Myer, R.G. Greene, J.G. Cole, E.F. Fitzhugh Jr.,
    First year 1942

Comments on development

  • THE TOPAZ DOLOMITE MINING CLAIM WAS LOCATED IN APRIL, 1942 BY G. MYER. ITS LEGALITY IS QUESTIONABLE SINCE DOLOMITE IS A LEASEABLE COMMODITY. THIS CLAIM COVERS ONLY A PORTION OF THE DOLOMITE EXPOSURE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY FILES, U.S.G.S., SPOKANE, WA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LAKETOWN DOLOMITE CROPS OUT IN MANY PLACES IN THE LAVA HOT SPRINGS AREA AND WAS INVESTIGATED BY CHARLES F. DEISS OF THE U.S.G.S. IN 1942 AND 1943. SEVERAL REPORTS FROM THIS AREA ARE ON FILE IN SPOKANE, WA. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1981 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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