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Deer Ridge Prospect

Occurrence in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodity Mica
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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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078456
MRDS ID W026792
MAS/MILS ID 0160490389
Record type Site
Current site name Deer Ridge Prospect
Alternate or previous names Bear Ridge

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.17379, 45.42957 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 7 MI E OF RIGGINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Riggins Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 024N 002E 11 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • W Wall Of The Valley Of Allison Creek Above The Gus Carlson Farm; Several Hundred Yards Sw Of Hidden Fawn Outcrop; Location Approximate

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.17379, 45.42957
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 DEG E
    Dip 65 DEG NW
    Thickness 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1944
Discoverer E. S. Barham, E. J. Conine

Mining district

District name Riggins Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Stoll Believes That Deposit Not Economically Feasible Because Of Small Size And Inferior Quality

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit One Pegmatite Branch Described Above; A 2nd Strikes N 25 Deg W

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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