Mine detail: Diatomite Deposit

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Location: Elmore County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.89209, -115.25342
dep_id: 10070133
mrds_id: W012837
mas_id: 160390722
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Major mineral: Diatomite
Operation type: Surface
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Diatomite
gangue: Calcite, Clay, Quartz
orebody_fm: TABULAR
Reporter: Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat, Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)
hrock_unit: Idaho Formation-Diatomite, Clay, Sand
hrock_type: Diatomite
References:
  • Deposit:: Powers, Harold A., 1947, Diatomite Deposits In Southwestern Idaho: Moscow, University Of Idaho M.S. Thesis, P. 21 - 22.
  • Deposit:: Powers, H.A., 1947 , Diatomite Deposits Of Southwestern Idaho: Idaho Bur. Mines And Geology Min. Res. Rept. No. 4, 27 P.
  • Deposit:: Consv. Comp. Date, 06-04-1959
  • Deposit:: 1947 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Min. Res. Rept. No.
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