Boehls Butte Kyanite Prospect

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodity Kyanite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069789
MRDS ID W007475
Record type Site
Current site name Boehls Butte Kyanite Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.86741, 46.87067 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bertha Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Headquarters(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower North Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone
United States Idaho Clearwater

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andalusite Ore
Kyanite Ore
Sillimanite Ore

Analytical data

Result 30% KYANITE AND ANDALUSITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Cordierite-Biotite Schiist And Gneiss;Prichard Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.86741, 46.87067

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact/Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • PROSPECTED BY PRIVATE INTERESTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABBOTT, A. T., AND PRATER, L. S., 1954, THE GEOLOGY OF KYANITE, AND ALUSITE DEPOSITS, GOAT MOUNTAIN, IDAHO, AND PRELIMINARY BENEFICIATION TESTS ON THE ORE: IDAHO BUREAU MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 100.

  • Deposit

    HIETANEN, ANNA, 1956, KYANITE, ANDALUSITE, AND IN THE SCHIST IN BOEHLS BUTTE QUADRANGLE, IDAHO: AM. MINERALOGIST, V. 41, P. 1 - 27.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GEOLOGY OF DEPOSITS AND REGION IS UNDOUBTEDLY ADEQUATELY STUDIED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1959 Espenshade, Gilbert H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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