Lindquist Prospect

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10072111
MRDS ID W015963
Record type Site
Current site name Lindquist Prospect
Alternate or previous names Munro Mill, Avon, Monroe
Related records 10119619

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.56713, 46.89626 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
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

  • NEAR HEAD OF E FK BIG BEAR CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Strengite Gangue
Vivianite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ONE PEGMATITE SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.015% 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-Biotite-Quartz Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.56713, 46.89626

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation In Schist Parallel To Pegmatite Contacts

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 30 DEG E
    Dip 55 DEG NW
    Thickness 5.49M
    Length 426.72M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1923
Discoverer J. H. Nesbitt

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 Operator
    Owner E. R. Lindquist
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rauch Lumber Co., Inc

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 28.96M

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. 25, 53.

  • Deposit

    REED, G. C., 1946, EXPLORATION OF THE AVON MICA DISTRICT, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: US BUR MINES REPT. INV. 3898, P. 18 - 19.

  • Deposit

    1943 DIREXPL US BUR MINES, REPT. INV. 3898

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1958 RECON US BUR MINES, REPT. INV. 7148

  • Production

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEGMATITE IN S CUT STRIKES N 10 DEG E, DIPS 40 TO 60 DEG W

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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