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Inspiration Barite Deposit

Prospect in Adams county in Idaho, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011685
MRDS ID D006774
MAS/MILS ID 0160030080
Record type Site
Current site name Inspiration Barite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.5721, 44.88797 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 12 MI NW OF COUNCIL ID

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weasel Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McCall(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Weiser(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Adams

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 018N 002W 22 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Located On The E Side Of The N Fork Of Hornet Creek, About 1.7 Mi NE Of Peck Mtn, Opposite The Hackett Cabin.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.5721, 44.88797
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1944
Discoverer R.M. Cammell, U.S. Bureau Of Mines

Mining district

District name Cuddy Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Herbert Hackett
    Home office Council, Id.
  • Type Owner
    Owner R. E. Kays
    Home office Riggins, Id.
    First year 1944

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Commodity Files, U.S.G.S., Spokane, W

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-81 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 27-SEP-90 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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