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Diatomite Occurrence

Past Producer in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodity Diatomite
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106007
MRDS ID W026786
Record type Site
Current site name Diatomite Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.67627, 43.33158 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 10 MI NE OF REYNOLDS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wilson Peak(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 001S 003W 14,15,22,23 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • E SIDE REYNOLDS CREEK; PLOTTED IN SECTION 14

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomite Ore
Clay Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 101 A WEIGHED 38.7 LB/CF AND 87 % ABSORPTION IN SOLID
Result 101 A POWDER SAMPLE HAD APPARENT DENSITY OF 16.9 LB/CF AND 150 % ABSORPTION
Result 2 OTHER SAMPLES BOTH HAD APPARENT DENSITY OF 36.2 LB/CF IN SOLID FORM WITH ABSORPTIONS OF 102 AND 112 %
Result IN POWDER FORM, ONE HAD 10.6 LB/CF APPARENT DENSITY AND 162 % ABSORPTION WHILE THE OTHER SHOWED 16.9 LB/CF AND 145 %

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Diatomite
    Rock unit name Idaho Formation-Diatomite, Clay, Sand, Volcanic Ash
    Rock description Idaho Formation-Diatomite, Clay, Sand, Volcanic Ash
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.67627, 43.33158
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.83M
    Length 609.6M
    Width 60.96M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Eroded Anticline, The Axis Of Which Strikes N 40 Deg E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Reynolds Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 8 TOTALS SEVERAL TONS

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • EST. ABOVE FOR DEPOSIT 2000 FT LONG, 200 FT WIDE, AND 4 FT THICK

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 PITS, 1 QUARRY

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: IMPURITIES RANGE 2 - 12 %

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    POWERS, H. A., 1947 , DIATOMITE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN IDAHO: IDAHO BUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY MIN. RES. REPT. NO. 4 , 27 P

  • Deposit

    1947 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MIN. RES. REPT. NO.

  • Production

    POWERS, H. A., 1947 , IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY MIN. RES. REPT. NO. 4 , P. 15

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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