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Cedars - Kelly Creek Sandstone Occurrence

Occurrence in Clearwater county in Idaho, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079121
MRDS ID W028031
Record type Site
Current site name Cedars - Kelly Creek Sandstone Occurrence
Related records 10192610

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.08878, 46.84708 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Relative position 40 MI NE OF PIERCE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Osier Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Headquarters(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper North Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(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 Clearwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 041N 011E 32,33 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1.7 MI S OF CEDARS RANGER STATION ON NEW ROAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sandstone Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Kaolinite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.35 % FE2O3 (GLASS BUTTON ANALYSIS OF HEAD SAMPLE)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Garnetiferous Shale, Sandstone, Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.08878, 46.84708
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 12.19M
    Length 328.08M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARTER, G. J., AND OTHERS, 1962 , INDUSTRIAL SILICA DEPOSITS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: US BUR MINES INF. CIRC. 8112 , 57 P

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON US BUR MINES INF. CIRC. 811

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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