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Paradise Ridge Silica Deposit

Occurrence in Latah county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silica, Quartz
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096414
MRDS ID W015919
Record type Site
Current site name Paradise Ridge Silica Deposit
Related records 10216501

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.97743, 46.67819 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position ABOUT 3 MI SE OF MOSCOW

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moscow East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palouse(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(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 039N 005W 33 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2 MI SW OF TOMER BUTTE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Tertiary
Quartz Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartzite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe-Stain, Silicification

Analytical data

Result QUARTZITE REPORTED TO CONTAIN 99% OR MORE SIL

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.97743, 46.67819
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NNE
    Dip 75 DEG W
    Length 1609.3M
    Width 152.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moscow Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pacific Silica Co. (F. Williams, D. Rolph)
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ben Bush, George Lamphior?

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS QUARTZITE AVAILABLE

Comments on the workings information

  • BULLDOZER CUTS WITH DRILLING AND BLASTING

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, 29 P.

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1956, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT., 3 P.

  • Deposit

    HAMMERAND, V. F., 1936, GEOLOGY AND PETROLOGY OF A PART OF PARADISE RIDGE IN NORTHWESTERN IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, 25 P.

  • Deposit

    1956 DIREXPL PACIFIC SILICA CO.

  • Deposit

    1956 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.

  • Deposit

    1957 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2

Reporter information

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

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