Mill Creek Limestone Deposit

Past Producer in Nez Perce county in Idaho, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072124
MRDS ID W015980
MAS/MILS ID 0160690006
Record type Site
Current site name Mill Creek Limestone Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.71163, 46.26906 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 3.25 MI S OF SLICKPOO. ABOUT 11.5 MI WNW OF CRAIGMONT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nez Perce(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Culdesac South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Orofino(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Nez Perce

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 034N 003W 21 W2E2 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Limestone Both Sides Mill Creek For .5 Mi Starting 2.5 Mi S Of St. Joseph Mission

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Marble, Dimension Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Marble Ore

Analytical data

Result 6.68% SIO2
Result 0.12% AL2O3
Result 0.60% FE2O3
Result 52.29% CAO
Result 0.02% MGO
Result 39.48% IG. LOSS.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-White To Brown Fetid Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Columbia River Basalt Group.

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Deer Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Leon D. Flores; Augusta Schultz

Comments on the production information

  • Total Production Less Than $300,000. A Small Amount Of Lst Was Produced In 1925.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 550M
    Overall width 201.17M

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings Data Above Refers To Exposure Size

Comments on development

  • 440 Acres Owned By L. D. Flores; 160 Acres Owned By A. Schultz. Compressor. ; Econ.Com: Numerous Chert Lenses And Nodules And Dioritic Material Present In The Limestone. Marble Too Friable

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hubbard, C. R., 1956, Geology And Mineral Resources Of Nez Perce County: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology County Rept. 1, 17 P.

  • Production

    Hubbard, C. R., 1956, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Co. Rept. No. 1, 17 P. { Ferrians, O. J., Jr., 1958, Wash. State Univ., Ms Thesis, 54 P.

  • Deposit

    Ferrians, O. J., Jr., 1958, Geology Of A Portion Of The Mission Creek Area, Nez Perce-Lewis Counties, Idaho: Pullman, Washington State Univ., Ms Thesis, 54 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 600 Acres

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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