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Landis Claim

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10071765
MRDS ID W015311
MAS/MILS ID 0160590713
Record type Site
Current site name Landis Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.1956, 45.3622 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164
Relative position 3 MI SSW OF INDIANOLA RANGER STATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Creek Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 023N 019E 01,02 SW (01) Idaho
Boise 024N 019E 35 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1.4 Mi upstream on Saw Log Gulch from Wingding Claim

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Mica Ore
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Dike-Pegmatite
    Rock description Dike-Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schist, Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.1956, 45.3622
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Mackinaw District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John Landis

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Mica pure but contorted with "A" or herring bone structure

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Sturm, F. H., 1954, General Geology Of Some Replacement Monazite Deposits In Lemhi County, Idaho: Moscow, Idaho, Univ. Of Idaho, M. S. Thesis, 64 P

  • Deposit

    Elk City Quad, IBMG Mine And Prospect 1982 Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 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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