Mine detail: Clear Creek Gypsum Deposit

Previously called 'Snowball Quarry ?'

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Location

Lat / long: 44.5543, -113.10368

Resource(N)

Primary: Gypsum-Anhydrite
Ore: Gypsum
Orebody form: TABULAR

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Sedimentary
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Limestone, Gypsum
Host type:Limestone,Evaporite
Alteration processes:Fault Gouge And Breccia

References

MRDSW015816
DEP10072009
Reference{Deposit:: WITHINGTON, C. F., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES-GYPSUM AND ANHYDRITE, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 101 - 104}{Deposit:: MINOBRAS, 1975, IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: MINOBRAS, 55 P.}{Deposit:: GRINER, W. C., 1974, SEVENTY-FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1973-1974, 98 P.}{Deposit:: 1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1}{Deposit:: 1974 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTO* ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1973-1974}
ReporterSiefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)