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Stites Prospect

Prospect in Adams county in Idaho, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070098
MRDS ID W012786
MAS/MILS ID 0160030077
Record type Site
Current site name Stites Prospect
Alternate or previous names Acorn Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.26878, 44.65547 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 10 MILES FROM MESA, IDAHO, AND U.S. 95.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Council Mountain(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 015N 002E 07 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Muscovite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SODA FELDSPAR HAS A MAX. DIAMETER OF ABOUT 2.5 - 3 CM.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.26878, 44.65547
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 20 DEG. E.
    Dip 80 DEG. E.
    Length 45.72M
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cascade Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • Claims Are Unpatented. ; Econ.Com: Reached By A Gravel Road. Large Tonnage, But Feldspars Too Fine Grained For Commercial Recovery

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Fryklund, Verne C., 1951, A Recon. Of Some Idaho Feldspar Deposits: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 91, P. 30

  • Deposit

    1951 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Pamphlet 91

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 07-JUN-1996 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

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