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Berrett and Ricks Prospect

Occurrence in Bear Lake county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011690
MRDS ID D006782
MAS/MILS ID 0160070088
Record type Site
Current site name Berrett and Ricks Prospect
Alternate or previous names Continental Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.493, 42.23553 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position APPROX. 4.7 MI. W. OF PARIS, 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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bear Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014S 042E 01 SWNE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Located Near The Boulder And Hummingbird Mines.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Ore
Galena Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Brigham Formation;Langston Formation
    Rock description Brigham Formation;Langston Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.493, 42.23553
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • The Overburden May In Part Be The Salt Lake Formation Of Late Tertiary Age.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Paris Area

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner L. S. Berrett, E. F. Ricks,
    Home office Ogden, Ut.
    First year 1951

Comments on the workings information

  • Several Holes And Trenches Have Been Dug, The Deepest Being 25 Ft.

Comments on development

  • D.M.E.A. Loan Requested In 1951 (Docket No. 2076)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit For More Information See D.M.E.A. Docket No. 2076, Contract Idm E 174 (1951). ; Info.Src : 2 Unpub Rept
Deposit Only Float Has Been Found On This Property As Workings Have Not Reached Bedrock Due To Thick Overburden.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-81 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-95 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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