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Meadow Creek Magnetite Prospect

Prospect in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Reserves and resources
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071482
MRDS ID W014901
MAS/MILS ID 0160490027
Record type Site
Current site name Meadow Creek Magnetite Prospect
Alternate or previous names Sylvia Ellen Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.85819, 45.92097 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 5 MI SSW OF HARPSTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Corral Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 030N 005E 20 SW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Leaching

Analytical data

Result 2 ANALYSES OF ORE: 64.25% AND 59.74% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Gneiss, Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.85819, 45.92097
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, PODS
    Strike NE
    Dip 90 DEG
    Length 18.29M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Foliation

Comments on the geologic information

  • Foliation Trends Ne, Dips Vertically

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1932
Discoverer Jim Dunn

Mining district

District name Harpster District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Throop, A. E. And Bryan, C. N.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1947
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 60 wt-pct Iron Major 1947

Comments on the workings information

  • 7 Pits And Trenches, 2 Adits

Comments on development

  • 1 Unpatented Claim, The Sylvia Ellen Lode Claim ; Econ.Com: 23 Mile Haul To Nearest Railroad Head, Deposit Of Little Economic Importance

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: EARLY 1930'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 28-JAN-1981 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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