New Meadows Manganese Deposit

Occurrence in Adams county in Idaho, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011686
MRDS ID D006775
Record type Site
Current site name New Meadows Manganese Deposit
Alternate or previous names Fife Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.32099, 44.92047 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 4 MI SW OF NEW MEADOWS. ID.

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 018N 001E 03 SE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.32099, 44.92047

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Is Limited To The Quartzite, But Is Not Concordant With Bedding.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name New Meadows Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner G. H. Fife
    Home office Spokane, Wa.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Boise-Payette Lumber Co.
    Home office Boise, Id.
    First year 1950

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS HAVE BEEN DUG IN THE AREA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY FILES, U.S.G.S., SPOKANE, WA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1981 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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