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Montpelier Canyon Gypsum Deposit (Area A; Montpelier Canyon; Waterloo Hill Mine), Montpelier Mining District, Bear Lake County, Idaho, USAi
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Montpelier Canyon Gypsum Deposit (Area A; Montpelier Canyon; Waterloo Hill Mine)Deposit
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° 19' 54'' North , 111° 14' 7'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
42.33167,-111.23528
GeoHash:
G#: 9x8buf0zy
GRN:
N29W59
Type:
Deposit
Köppen climate type:
Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Montpelier2,509 (2017)5.2km
Bennington190 (2011)9.7km
Paris506 (2017)17.9km
Georgetown467 (2017)20.1km
Bloomington207 (2017)20.7km
Mindat Locality ID:
139189
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:139189:6
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Deposit:: GARRAND, LEONARD. 1975. PHOSPHATE STUDY OF SE IDAHO FOR U.S.
Deposit:: SERVICE, A.L. 1966. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS
Deposit:: WITHINGTON, C. F., 1964 , MINERAL RESOURCES - GYPSUM IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUR. MINES AND GEOLOGY SPECIAL REPT. NO. 1 , P. 102
Deposit:: MANSFIELD, 6.R. 1927. U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 152.
Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES, SPOKAN
Commodities (Trace) - Vanadium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, REE, Phosphorus-Phosphates
Development Status: Past Producer

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