Morning Star Claims

Occurrence in Latah county in Idaho, United States with commodities Mica, 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072065
MRDS ID W015891
Record type Site
Current site name Morning Star Claims
Related records 10192903

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.56883, 46.89956 (WGS84)
Elevation 1387
Relative position 6 MI NE OF STANFORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sand Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palouse(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(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 Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 041N 002W 15 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1 MI N OF MUSCOVITE MINE NEAR TOP OF STEEP E SLOPE OF RIDGE THAT EXTENDS FROM MICA MTN S

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Albitization, Silicification, Muscovitization

Analytical data

Result PEGMATITE COMPOSITION: 10 - 80 % FLD, 20 - 80 % QTZ, 1 - 7 % MUSCOVITE, 2 - 5 % TOURMALINE, LESS THAN 1 % GARNET, ABOUT 0.002 % BEO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Muscovite Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.56883, 46.89956

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Steeply Dipping W Limb Of Anticline Of Great Width
Type of structure Local
Structure description Schistosity Strikes Ne, Dips 50-70 Deg W

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip 70 DEG NW
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 27.43M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Avon Mica District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Clearwater National Forest (Palouse RD of St. Joe National Forest)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rauch Lumber Co., Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 315.77M
    Overall length 6.1M

Comments on development

  • 3 PATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOLL, W. C., 1950, MICA AND BERYL PEGMATITES IN IDAHO AND MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER 229, 64 P.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1925, MICA DEPOSITS OF LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 14, 14 P.

  • Deposit

    STERRETT, D. B., 1913, MICA IN IDAHO, NEW MEXICO, AND COLORADO: USGS BULL. 530, P. 377-383.

  • Deposit

    PATTEE, E. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, BERYLLIUM RESOURCES OF IDAHO, WASHINGTON, MONTANA, AND OREGON: US BUR MINES REPT. INV. 7148, P. 25, 51-53.

  • Deposit

    1910 RECON D. B. STERRETT, BULL. 530

  • Deposit

    1925 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 14

  • Deposit

    1943 RECON W. C. STOLL, PROF. PAPER 229

  • Deposit

    1958 RECON US BUR MINES, REPT. INV. 7148

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEGMATITE BRANCHES TREND N 40 DEG E AND N 15 DEG W. SECOND PEGMATITE STRIKES N 20 DEG E, DIPS 45 DEG NW. THIRD PEGMATITE STRIKES N 35 DEG E, DIPS 75 DEG NW.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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