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Idaho Gem Group

Prospect in Bear Lake county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Molybdenum
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10077999
MRDS ID W026105
MAS/MILS ID 0160070061
Record type Site
Current site name Idaho Gem Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -111.4502, 42.12243 (WGS84)
Elevation 2012
Relative position 21.5 MI E OF PRESTON; 2.75 MI WNW OF ST. CHARLES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bear Lake(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Charles(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Preston(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bear Lake(hydrologic unit)

Lower Bear(hydrologic accounting unit)

Bear(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 Bear Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 015S 043E 17 NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S Side Dry Canyon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Wulfenite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Dolomite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Blacksmith Limestone;Ute Limestone
    Rock description Blacksmith Limestone;Ute Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -111.4502, 42.12243
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone Of Blacksmith And Ute Limestones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name St. Charles Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Cache National Forest

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Matthews, John Y.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 26-JAN-1993 Ridenour, James 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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