Olson 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. Reserves and resources
  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 10072070
MRDS ID W015897
Record type Site
Current site name Olson Mine
Alternate or previous names Fitzgerald, Carlson Lease, Scott Rogers
Related records 10290530

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.57993, 46.87296 (WGS84)
Elevation 1154
Relative position 4.75 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

Deary(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 27 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1000 FT W OF STEELSMITH PROPERTY; 300 FT S OF CAMPBELL PROSPECT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Tourmaline Gangue

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-Biotite Muscovite Quartz Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.57993, 46.87296

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Rolls And Minor Crumples Plunge 20 To 60 Deg E Or Ne.

Ore body information

  • General form FOLDFORM, PIPELIKE
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 274.32M
    Width 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905
Discoverer Scott Rogers
Year of first production 1905

Comments on exploration

  • 1944 DIREXPL US BUR MINES (moved from references)

Mining district

District name Avon Mica District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ida Mica
    First year 1968

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1968
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Beryllium Beo 0.055 wt-pct Beryllium Minor 1968

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 57.91M
    Overall length 51.82M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS (PUB.), 1975, IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, P. 45.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    REED, G. C., 1946, EXPLORATION OF THE AVON MICA DISTRICT, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: US BUR MINES REPT. INV. 3898, P. 19-21.

  • Deposit

    1943 RECON W. C. STOLL, PROF. PAPER 229 [unsure what this means. Perhaps some reconnaissance data was gathered in 1943 for the 1950 professional paper?]

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIP RANGES 45-65 DEG NE, STRIKES N 68 DEG W IN SECOND PEGMATITE 47 FT LONG. ABOUT A DOZEN SMALL PEGMATITES IN THE AREA
Deposit MICA SCHIST STRIKES N 11 DEG E TO N 38 DEG W, DIPS 70 TO 80 DEG SE OR NE
Deposit Copied from deleted (duplicate) record 10290530:
18,000 LBS IN 1944 AND A FEW HUNDRED LBS BERYL < $300000

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references