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Eden Butte Cinder Deposit, Eden area, Unorganized Mining District, Jerome County, Idaho, USAi
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Eden Butte Cinder DepositDeposit
Eden areaMining District
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IdahoState
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° 35' 9'' North , 114° 14' 41'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
42.58583,-114.24472
GeoHash:
G#: 9rwf22983
GRN:
N29W61
Type:
Deposit
Köppen climate type:
BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Eden405 (2011)3.5km
Hansen1,249 (2017)7.7km
Hazelton741 (2017)9.0km
Kimberly3,610 (2017)11.4km
Murtaugh124 (2017)12.4km
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ClubLocationDistance
Magic Valley Gem ClubTwin Falls, Idaho18km
Mindat Locality ID:
137137
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:137137:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Deposit:: ASHER, R. R., 1965, VOLCANIC CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN IDAHO: IDAHO BUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH. 135, P. 107
Deposit:: 1963 RECON IBM & G PAMPHLET 13
Deposit:: TWIN FALLS QUAD, IBMG 1982 MINES AND PROSPECT MAP SERIES,
Deposit:: V.E. MITCHELL, ET. AL.
Commodities (Major) - Volcanic Materials
Development Status: Producer
Host Rock Unit: Quartz Diorite
Host Rock: Vitrophyre

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