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Blue Jay Gulch Nitrates

Prospect in Caribou county in Idaho, United States with commodity Nitrogen-Nitrates
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093719
MRDS ID W026115
MAS/MILS ID 0160290088
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Jay Gulch Nitrates

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.2677, 42.83772 (WGS84)
Elevation 2179
Relative position 21 MI NE OF SODA SPRINGS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Caribou(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Upper Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Soda Springs(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Blackfoot(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 Caribou

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007S 044E 01 NESWSW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nitrogen-Nitrates Primary

Analytical data

Result HAND PICKED SAMPLE RAN 80 % KNO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Nugget Sandstone
    Rock description Nugget Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.2677, 42.83772
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description West Flank Broad Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Dip 20 DEG NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Soda Springs Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Caribou National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Kno3 Occurs On Roof Of Cave

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 15-MAY-1992 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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