Deary Prospect

Occurrence in Latah county in Idaho, United States with commodity Iron
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093638
MRDS ID W015911
Record type Site
Current site name Deary Prospect
Related records 10120228

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.62543, 46.78066 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 3.5 MI W OF DEARY, 8.5 MI E OF TROY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stanford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 040N 002W 19 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Cemented Arkosic Sandstone
    Rock description Cemented Arkosic Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.62543, 46.78066

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Deary - Stanford Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ASHER, R. R., 1964, IRON, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. 1, P. 109.

  • Deposit

    SOREGAROLI, A.E., AND YOUNG, D.W., 1961, IRON RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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