Inama Prospect

Prospect in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodity Beryllium
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070758
MRDS ID W013837
MAS/MILS ID 0160390637
Record type Site
Current site name Inama Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.00173, 43.97099 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Relative position 17.5 MI. NW OF GALENA, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Everly(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Sawtooth Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 012E 36 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Nose Of A Ridge 0.5 Mi N Of Summit Lake And Is About Three-Fourths Of A Mile East Of Ardeth Lake.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Biotite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SOME SELECTED BERYL CRYSTALS CONTAINED 13.9% BEO
Result SAWTOOTH GRANITE SAMPLED 0.03% BEO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite;Sawtooth Batholith-Alaskite Or Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Pegmatite;Sawtooth Batholith-Alaskite Or Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.00173, 43.97099

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, LENSES
    Strike N 25 DEG E
    Dip 76 DEG SE
    Length 22.86M
    Depth to bottom 8.23M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Toxaway Lake Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest
Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: 100 - 150 Lb Aquamarine Visible But None Is Of Gem Quality

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p.

  • Deposit

    Pattee, E.C., And Others, 1968 , Beryllium Resources Of Idaho, Washington, Montana, And Oregon: USBM Rept. Inv. 7148, 169 P.

  • Deposit

    1970 Other T. H. Kiilsgaard And Others, Bulletin 1319-

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al, Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Hailey Quad

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Pegmatite Described Above; Largest Solid Mass Of Aquamarine Is 41.5 Inches Long, 7 Inches Wide, 1.5 Inches Thick

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1977 Siefken, Robert R. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 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.