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Vanza Mine

Past Producer in Bannock county in Idaho, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105622
MRDS ID W013277
Record type Site
Current site name Vanza Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -112.00304, 42.61631 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 14 MI NE OF DOWNEY

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 038E 27 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON S SIDE OF PORTNEUF R. ABOUT 1/4 MI E OF LAVA HOT SPRINGS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Analytical data

Result SHIPPING GRADE RAN BETWEEN 30 - 34% MN. ORE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Limestone
    Rock description Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -112.00304, 42.61631
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lava Hot Springs Dist.

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. R. Simplot Co.
    Home office Boise, Id

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period To 1957
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^30 - 34% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 32wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 129.54M

Comments on development

  • 2 LODE CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOTSON, J. C., 1957, IDAHO BUR. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT, 2 P.

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C.R., 1955 , A SURVEY OF THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 105 , 56 P.

  • Deposit

    1955 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 105

  • Deposit

    1957 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.

  • Production

    DOTSON, J. C., 1957, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Sommerfeld, Paul T.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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