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Bowman Corundum Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078453
MRDS ID W026788
Record type Site
Current site name Bowman Corundum Occurrence
Related records 10168930

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.96737, 44.27408 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 5 MI E OF SMITHS FERRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sixmile Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 011N 004E 22 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Corundum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Corundum Ore
Biotite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Magnetite Gangue
Martite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Schist (Inclusions)
    Rock description Schist (Inclusions)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.96737, 44.27408
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form METACRYSTS, IRREGULAR
    Length 0M
    Width 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Crystals Have Linear Orientation In The Plane Of The Foliation Of The Schist

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Smiths Ferry Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERY WAS UNIQUE FOR IDAHO IN THAT IT IS THE FIRST DISCOVERY OF CORUNDUM IN ITS ORIGINAL MATRIX; ALL OTHER CORUNDUM OCCURRENCES WERE IN PLACERS ; ECON.COM: NO COMMERCIAL POSSIBILITIES (FRYKLUND, 1951 )

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FRYKLUND, V. C., JR., 1951 , NOTE ON THE OCCURRENCE OF CORUNDUM IN IDAHO: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 36 , NO. 9 - 10 , P. 776 - 778

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

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