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Teakean Asbestos Prospect

Occurrence in Clearwater county in Idaho, United States with commodity Asbestos
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072128
MRDS ID W015988
Record type Site
Current site name Teakean Asbestos Prospect
Related records 10265430

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.35492, 46.54676 (WGS84)
Elevation 939
Relative position ABOUT 3 MI SE OF TEAKEAN VILLAGE; 3 MI NW OF AHSAHKA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ahsahka(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 037N 001E 17,16 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anthophyllite Ore
Enstatite Gangue
Olivine Gangue
Serpentine Gangue
Talc Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Gneiss Of Dioritic Composition;Pegmatites; Aplites
    Rock description Gneiss Of Dioritic Composition;Pegmatites; Aplites
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Gneiss And Schist
    Rock description Gneiss And Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.35492, 46.54676
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DIKES, LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Orofino District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEEP OVERBURDEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1956, THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE REGION ABOUT OROFINO, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMPHLET 34, 63 P

  • Deposit

    1956 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 3

Reporter information

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

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