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Geology of Idaho

Geology of Idaho. Cities and Industries. Idaho – vast forests, rolling plains, soaring peaks, and surging rivers. Idaho – land of active towns/cities where businesses and industries thrive. Some of the important towns and cities of the state of Idaho. www.netstate.com/ states/maps/id_maps.htm.

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Geology of Idaho

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  1. Geology of Idaho Cities and Industries

  2. Idaho – vast forests, rolling plains, soaring peaks, and surging rivers

  3. Idaho – land of active towns/cities where businesses and industries thrive

  4. Some of the important towns and cities of the state of Idaho www.netstate.com/ states/maps/id_maps.htm

  5. Historic Big 4 Industries

  6. Gold dots indicate early mining claims Dark shading indicates areas of current impact

  7. Coeur d’Alene Mining District (Silver Valley)

  8. Currently mining silver, lead, zinc Silver profitable when >$5/oz (currently $12)

  9. Currently mining molybdenum

  10. Currently mining phosphate for fertilizers, explosives, etc.

  11. Idaho – the most forested state in the Western U.S. Timber has been one of the major industries for Idaho

  12. Idaho is growing money!

  13. An old logging train with roughneck loggers

  14. Idaho agriculture is concentrated in two major zones. It is important statewide, however, just on a smaller scale.

  15. The agricultural processing industry shadows agricultural areas for obvious reasons

  16. Bluegrass seed in the panhandle Wheat in the Palouse Orchards in the SW “Spuds” and in the SE

  17. Grasses/hay on the Camas Prairie Livestock throughout the State Sugar beets in the South Truck farms in the SW

  18. “Here We Have Idaho…..” • Recreation and Tourism are rapidly becoming the biggest, most important, (economically) industry in the state • The problem is that they pay much lower wages than mining and timber have historically provided

  19. Idaho’s scenic beauty draws a variety of people for different reasons The out-of-doors in North Idaho

  20. Sun Valley Native American Casinos The River of No Return

  21. The major population centers are located in two particular regions:

  22. Snake River Plain

  23. Boise River Greenbelt

  24. Boise – the capital of Idaho and business/financial/education/entertainment center of Southern Idaho/Northern Nevada/Northern Utah/Eastern Oregon

  25. Also a major transportation crossroads for the region

  26. Major irrigation centers

  27. Turning the desert into productive ground through irrigation

  28. Processing of ag products is a big business, too!

  29. Some of Idaho’s main brands

  30. And, of course…………

  31. livestock Sugar beets Alfalfa hay Potatoes

  32. Food processing • Twin Falls • Pocatello • Idaho Falls (incl. stockyards) • Rexburg (Sugar City)

  33. Many towns grew up on the plain to support the various forms of agriculture there

  34. Light Manufacturing and Related Industries • Water resources from Snake River • Electrical power • Growing workforce • Resulted in a new type of industry

  35. Light Manufacturing

  36. Mining –sometimes in unusual forms- is found in Idaho Phosphate mining near Soda Springs

  37. Rail yards in Pocatello

  38. Atomic energy at the Idaho National Laboratory

  39. On February 1, 2005 the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory-West became the Idaho National Laboratory (INL).

  40. A military presence

  41. Farming is important up north as well

  42. The Camas Prairie

  43. The Palouse Hills

  44. The educational center of North Idaho

  45. Lewiston – Idaho’s Seaport

  46. Industry in Lewiston

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