Vick Creek Asbestos

Occurrence in Adams county in Idaho, United States with commodity Asbestos
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10168500
MAS/MILS ID 0160030158
Record type Site
Current site name Vick Creek Asbestos
Alternate or previous names Vick Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.32319, 44.90267 (WGS84)
Elevation 1580
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

New Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McCall(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Salmon(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Adams

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 018 N 001 E 15 C N2 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -116.32319, 44.90267

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BOISE-CASCADE CORP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ASBESTOS VARIETY IS MASS-FIBER ANTHOPHYLLITE FOR WHICH THERE IS NO MARKET. THIS DEPOSIT, WHICH MAY BE VERY LARGE, IS SIMILAR TO THE KAMIAH DEPOSITS 100 MILES NORTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-FEB-1992 Mayerle, Ronald T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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