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Emerald Creek Garnet Occurrence

Occurrence in Latah county in Idaho, United States with commodity Garnet
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072063
MRDS ID W015889
Record type Site
Current site name Emerald Creek Garnet Occurrence
Related records 10119522

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.37603, 46.99676 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 17.75 MI NW OF ELK RIVER; 9.5 MI N OF BOVILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Abes Knob(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joe(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 042N 001E 07,08 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • IN CREEK BANK ABOUT .25 MI ABOVE JUNCTION WITH EMERALD CREEK. ON BLISTER RUST PLOT NO. 21 IN SEC. 8

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Garnet Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Sand And Gravel;Belt Supergroup-Garnetiferous Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.37603, 46.99676
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Camas Cove District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name St. Joe National Forest

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 4 TO 6 FT OVERBURDEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, 29 P

  • Deposit

    1957 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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