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Worm Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Bear Lake county in Idaho, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011688
MRDS ID D006778
Record type Site
Current site name Worm Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Wasatch Mining and Developing Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.45608, 42.15076 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 4 MI S 40 W OF BLOOMINGTON, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bear Lake(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Paris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bear Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 Bear Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 015S 043E 05 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WORM CREEK, JUST EAST OF CLARK SUNSET CLAIMS.; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = SALT LAKE CITY 1:250000; LATITUDE-LONGITUDE VALUES CALCULATED FROM TOWNSHIP, RANGE, SECTION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Wasatch Formation;Brigham Formation;Langston Formation;Ute Formation
    Rock description Wasatch Formation;Brigham Formation;Langston Formation;Ute Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.45608, 42.15076
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description The Prospect Is Structurally Located On The Overriding Plate Of The Bannock Overthrust.

Ore body information

  • General form POCKETS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • On Or Within The Wasatch Conglomerate.

Comments on the geologic information

  • MINOR AMOUNTS OF MANGANESE MINERALS OCCUR IN VEINS IN THE CAMBRIAN ROCKS WHICH LIE BELOW THE WASATCH FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bloomington Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner George Ransom, Boise Id., Charles Ransom And Heber Ransom, Preston Id.

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS PITS AND TRENCHES WERE DUG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY FILES, U.S.G.S., SPOKANE, WA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL, SCATTERED POCKETS OF MANGANESE MINERALS COMPRISE THE DEPOSIT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-81 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

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