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Portneuf Area Limestone Occurrence, Blackfoot River Reservoir Area, Caribou County, Idaho, USAi
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Portneuf Area Limestone OccurrenceOccurrence
Blackfoot River Reservoir AreaArea
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
43° 0' 46'' North , 111° 52' 27'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
43.01278,-111.87417
GeoHash:
G#: 9x8kwnpxw
GRN:
N29W60
Type:
Occurrence
Köppen climate type:
Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Bancroft367 (2017)32.5km
Inkom870 (2017)39.2km
Firth467 (2017)41.0km
Basalt386 (2017)41.1km
Blackfoot11,740 (2017)43.0km
Mindat Locality ID:
139894
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:139894:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0


REF:Deposit:: MANSFIELD, G. R., 1952 , GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE AMMON AND PARADISE VALLEY QUADRANGLES, IDAHO: USGS PROF. PAPER 238 , P. 87
Deposit:: MANSFIELD, G. R., 1929 , GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE PORTNEUF QU
Deposit:: V.E. MITCHELL, ET. AL; MINES AND PROSPECTS MAP SERIES, 1981,
Deposit:: DRIGGS QUAD, LOCATION NO. 163
Deposit:: MANSFIELD, 1952, USGS PP-238
Commodities (Major) - Limestone - Genera; (Trace) - Limestone - General
Development Status: Occurrence
Host Rock Unit: Willow Creek Lava Field - Basalt
Host Rock: Limestone
Tectonic Structure: Miogeosyncline

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