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Berry Creek Mica Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069834
MRDS ID W007548
Record type Site
Current site name Berry Creek Mica Prospect
Related records 10289601

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.58776, 48.42406 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 3 MI NW OF COLBURN ON U.S. HIGHWAY 95 N. OF SANDPOINT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Colburn(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pend Oreille Lake(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 059N 002W 34 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N SIDE OF VALLEY, 1/2 MI FROM BERRY CREEK ROAD AT A POINT 3 MI FROM TURN OFF N. OF COLBURN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MICA BOOKS, 2 BY 3 INCHES, ALONG CONTACTS. MICA PALE BROWN AND FREE OF INCLUSIONS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Gangue
Vermiculite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Vermiculite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Cret-Tert
    Rock description Cret-Tert
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Gneissic Quartzite
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Gneissic Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.58776, 48.42406
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 80 DEG W
    Dip 35 DEG NE
    Width 1.52M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contacts

Comments on the geologic information

  • GNEISSIC QUARTZITE STRIKES N 80 DEG W, DIPS 30 TO 40 DEG NE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Glen Fiegal

Mining district

District name Unorganized

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEGMATITES ALMOST PARALLEL TO BEDDING OF METAMORPHIC ROCKS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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