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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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093785
MRDS ID W028032
Record type Site
Current site name Cedars - Kelly Creek Sandstone Occurrence
Related records 10144042

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.08958, 46.83458 (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
040N 011E 04,05 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ADJACENT TO MOUNTAINS OF SOUTH MOUNTAINS, IN AREA OF GOLD PLACERS
  • 2 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 0.22 AND 0.85 % FE2O3 IN 2 HEAD SAMPLES (GLASS BUTTON ANALYSIS)

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) -115.08958, 46.83458
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15.24M
    Length 656.16M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY; COLOR NOT REPORTED, BUT IT HAS AN OBLONG SPHEROIDAL FORM, THE FACES BEING CURVED AND ROUNDED. 0.3 CARAT GEM.

Comments on the workings information

  • OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on development

  • BELONGED TO COLLECTION OF DR. J. A. D. STEPHENSON OF STATESVILLE, WHO BOUGHT IT FROM A MAN IN BURKE COUNTY; NOW IN N. C. STATE MUSEUM AT RALEIGH.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INFORMATION LACKING
Deposit GRANITE GNEISS COMPLEX UNDERLIES LARGE BROAD AREA; CONTAINS GRANITE GNEISS, MICA SCHIST AND HORNBLENDE GNEISS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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