Clark Prospect

Prospect in Adams county in Idaho, United States with commodity Mica
Sections on this page
  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093451
MRDS ID W012886
MAS/MILS ID 0160030046
Record type Site
Current site name Clark Prospect
Alternate or previous names Garden Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.22909, 45.02657 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 3 1/2 TO 4 MI NE OF NEW MEADOWS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brundage Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Adams

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 020 N 002 E 32 Idaho
Boise 019N 002E 05 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 2 Prospects: 1 On S Branch Of Fourmile Cr., 1 Just S Of The First
  • Original coordinates for line#1 were: lat/long NAD27 45-1-1N 116-13-56W (45.01694 -116.23222); UTM N4984900 E560500 Z11N; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Boise, TWNSHP 019N, RNG 002E, Sect 05, Sect_fract <blank>.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Mica Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe-Stains

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.22909, 45.02657

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940
Discoverer Fred Clark

Mining district

District name Meadows Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred Clark

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 03-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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