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Lucky Jim Prospect

Past Producer in Latah county in Idaho, United States with commodities Mica, Beryllium
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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. 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 10072112
MRDS ID W015964
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Jim Prospect
Alternate or previous names J. H. Nesbitt
Related records 10242209

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.56213, 46.90316 (WGS84)
Elevation 1287
Relative position 6.25 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)

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 14 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ABOVE LINDQUEST PROPERTY; ABOUT A MI E OF MORNING STAR MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Analytical data

Result MUSCOVITE CONSTITUTES 20 TO 40% OF THE S PEGMATITE BUT MICA IS POOR QUALITY. GRAB SAMPLE OF 0.003% 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 Quartz-Muscovite-Biotite Schist
    Rock description Quartz-Muscovite-Biotite Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.56213, 46.90316
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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 Joints Cut Pegmatite. Pegmatite Contacts Parallel To Foliation In Schist.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR, PIPELIKE
    Strike N 22 DEG E
    Dip 40 DEG NW
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 25.91M
    Width 4.27M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Discoverer J. H. Nesbitt

Mining district

District name Avon Mica District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ray Craine, Fred Lunsford
  • Type Owner
    Owner Olson And Others, A.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 55.78M

Comments on development

  • 1 UNPATENTED CLAIM ; ECON.COM: POOR QUALITY MICA

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

    PATTEE, E. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, BERYLLIUM RESOURCES OF IDAHO, WASHINGTON, MONTANA, AND OREGON: US BUR MINES REPT. INV. 7148, P. 25, 50 - 51.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1925 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 14

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1944 DIREXPL US BUR MINES, REPT. INV. 3898

  • 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 STRIKE RANGES N 10 - 34 DEG E

Reporter information

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

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