Mine detail: Kit Quarry

Previously called 'Silica QuarryWells Cargo Quarry'

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Location: Power County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.83211, -112.53224
dep_id: 10107294
mrds_id: W013151
mas_id: 160770015
Commodity type: metallic and nonmetallic
Major mineral: Quartz, Silica, Stone
Operation type: Surface
Production size: Large ammount of material produced
Development status: Producer
ore: Quartzite
Reporter: Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat, Meier, M. Lorrie, Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)
hrock_unit: Brigham Quartzite
hrock_type: Quartzite
References:
  • Deposit:: Carter, W. D., And Savage, C. N., 1964, Mineral Resources - Silica, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Special Rept. No. 1, P. 179.
  • Deposit:: Minobras, 1975, Idaho Industrial Minerals, P. 51.
  • Deposit:: Dotson, J. C., 1957, Silica Quarry : Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Report
  • Production:: Dotson, J. C., 1957: Idaho Bureau Of Mines and Geology Open-File Report
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