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North Star Lake Occurrence

Occurrence in Elmore county in Idaho, United States with commodity Beryllium
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096426
MRDS ID W019185
MAS/MILS ID 0160390050
Record type Site
Current site name North Star Lake Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.50284, 43.61348 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560
Relative position 8 MI NNE OF PRAIRIE, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Prairie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 003N 008E 04,09,10 N2 (09) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Glaciated Ridge Between Headwaters Of Smith And Sheep Creeks; Location Approximate

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Aquamarine Ore
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sawtooth Batholith-Leucogranitic Granite
    Rock description Sawtooth Batholith-Leucogranitic Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.50284, 43.61348
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ANHEDRAL GRAINS, SUBHEDRAL CRYSTALLINE MASSES
    Length 0.03M
    Width 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • Texture And Composition Of Leucogranitic Rock Is Similar To That Of Sawtooth Batholith

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Prairie Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Very Sparse Mineralization

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Pattee, E. C., And Others, 1968 , Beryllium Resources Of Idaho, Washington, Montana, And Oregon: USBM Rept. Inv. 7148 , 169 P

  • Deposit

    1968 Recon USBM Rept. Inv. 714

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Open-File Report MLA 10-91, 1991, P. 74.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Description Above For Largest Mass Of Aquamarine

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-OCT-1991 Benjamin U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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