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North Fork Kyanite Occurrence

Occurrence in Clearwater county in Idaho, United States with commodity Kyanite
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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 10072107
MRDS ID W015959
Record type Site
Current site name North Fork Kyanite Occurrence
Related records 10207860

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.23292, 46.62267 (WGS84)
Elevation 434
Relative position ABOUT 9 MI N OF OROFINO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dent(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower North Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Clearwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 038N 002E 20 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 1.5 MI E OF MOUTH OF ELK CR; CROPS OUT .5 MI ALONG N SIDE OF N FK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kyanite Ore
Sillimanite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Oligoclase Gangue
Rutile Gangue
Sphene Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Biotite-Garnet Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.23292, 46.62267
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1958
Discoverer R. S. Kopp

Mining district

District name Orofino Area

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: AREA UNDER WATER

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KOPP, R. S., 1959, PETROLOGY AND STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF THE OROFINO METAMORPHIC UNIT: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, P. 28-30

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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