Campbell Mine

Past Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072068
MRDS ID W015895
Record type Site
Current site name Campbell Mine
Alternate or previous names Thatuna Lease No. 7
Related records 10119898

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.57963, 46.87546 (WGS84)
Elevation 1134
Relative position 4.25 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)

Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 041N 002W 22 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 500 FT S OF LAST CHANCE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Tertiary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result BULK PEGMATITE SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.001% 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 > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.57963, 46.87546

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Small Steeply Plunging Rolls In Walls.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 71 DEG E
    Dip 80 DEG S
    Thickness 5.49M
    Length 36.58M
    Width 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1944

Mining district

District name Avon Mica District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Clearwater National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. A. Campbell
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rauch Lumber Co., Inc.
    First year 1968

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.315HA
    Length 38.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    PATTEE, E. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, BERYLLIUM RESOURCES OF IDAHO, WASHINGTON, MONTANA, AND OREGON: US BUR MINES REPT. INV. 7148, P. 42-46.

  • Deposit

    REED, G. C., 1946, EXPLORATION OF THE AVON MICA DISTRICT, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: US BUR MINES REPT. INV. 3898, P. 20-21.

  • Deposit

    1943 DIREXPL US BUR MINES, REPT. INV. 389

  • Production

    STOLL, W. C., 1950, USGS PROF. PAPER 229, 64 P. { PATTEE, E. C., 1968, US BUR MINES REPT. INV. 7148, P. 25 { REED, G. C., 1946, US BUR MINES REPT. INV. 3898, P. 6.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 LENSES PEGMATITE. SECOND PEGMATITE LENS 68 FT LONG, 23 FT WIDE STRIKES N 69 DEG W, DIPS 73-88 DEG S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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