Cow Creek

Occurrence in Owyhee county in Idaho, United States with commodity Perlite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10217638
MAS/MILS ID 0160730077
Record type Site
Current site name Cow Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.02518, 43.09907 (WGS84)
Elevation 1521
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Owyhee(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hooker Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mahogany Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 Owyhee

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004 S 006 W 02 S2S2 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.02518, 43.09907

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1965, VOLCANIC CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN

  • Deposit

    IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 135, P. 132-133.

  • Deposit

    NOTE: ALSO IN SECS. 24 AND 25, T. 28 S., R. 46 E., AND

  • Deposit

    SECS. 19 AND 30, T. 28 S., R. 47 E., MALHEUR COUNTY,

  • Deposit

    OREGON.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-MAR-1989 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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