Caribou Mountain Feldspar Occurrence

Occurrence in Bonneville county in Idaho, United States with commodities Feldspar, Zirconium
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093697
MRDS ID W019317
MAS/MILS ID 0160190160
Record type Site
Current site name Caribou Mountain Feldspar Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.30861, 43.09852 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 1.5 MI SE OF KEENAN CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonneville(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Caribou Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Palisades(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Driggs(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palisades(hydrologic unit)

Snake Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 Bonneville

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004S 044E 04 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Zirconium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Orthoclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Zircon Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.30861, 43.09852

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Pisgah District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Caribou National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Lesure, F. G., 1964 , Mineral Resources - Mica And Associated Pegmatite Minerals, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No. 1 , P. 123 - 133

  • Deposit

    Minobras, 1975 , Idaho Industrial Minerals: Minobras, 55 P.

  • Deposit

    1964 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. No.

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospect Map Series, 1981, Driggs Quad, Location No. 179

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 01-JUN-1992 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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