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The Squaw Creek Zeolite Occurrence, also known as the Riggins Paulingite Locality (though the exact phrasing can vary), is in central Idaho. [5] It is known for producing a variety minerals, especially zeolites, including analcime, calcite, chabazite, heulandite, mesolite, montmorillonite, opal, paulingite-K, phillipsite, and thomsonite. [6]
Sand Butte itself is located in the northeast corner of the WSA, and has a maximum elevation of 4974 feet, standing approximately 300 feet above the surrounding plain. [2] It is not composed of sand, but basalt lava of Pleistocene age, of the Snake River Group. [3] The WSA is accessible only by unimproved roads and offroad trails, or by hiking.
Chief Eagle Eye Creek (formerly Squaw Creek) is a 61-mile (98 km) long [3] a river in western Idaho, United States, that is a tributary of the Payette River. Description [ edit ]
The Shale Butte Wilderness Study Area is a Bureau of Land Management wilderness study area (WSA) in Lincoln County, Idaho. It covers 15,560 acres (6,300 ha). It covers 15,560 acres (6,300 ha). The WSA is located to the south of Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve .
Emmett is a city in Gem County, Idaho, United States. The population was 6,557 at the 2010 census, up from 5,490 in 2000. [4] It is the county seat [5] and the only city in the county. Emmett is part of the Boise−Nampa, Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Near the Tri-Cities, rockhounding is popular along the Columbia River, Horse Heaven Hills, Saddle Mountains, Bickleton and the Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park. Rockhounding on WA DNR-managed land
It rises at the confluence of the North Fork and East Fork Big Lost River deep in the Pioneer Mountains, a subrange of the Rockies, in Custer County, south-central Idaho. It flows northeast, then turns sharply southeast at the confluence with Thousand Springs Creek, which comes in from the left and into Butte County .
Rockhounding is permissible in many Bureau of Land Management areas with no permit required. Similarly, it allows for a reasonable amount, defined as up to 25 pounds a day and 250 pounds per year ...