Soldier Creek Prospects

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Beryllium, Mica
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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069835
MRDS ID W007549
Record type Site
Current site name Soldier Creek Prospects
Alternate or previous names Sundance Mtn.
Related records 10216523

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.77497, 48.49566 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
Relative position 3 1/2 MI ENE OF COOLIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coolin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Priest(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 059N 003W 06 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • W. SLOPE SUNDANCE MOUNTAIN. S. END OF PRIEST LAKE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Mica Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MICA BOOKS 2 BY 2 INCHES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Hornblende-Feldspar Gneiss
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Hornblende-Feldspar Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.77497, 48.49566

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 80 DEG W
    Dip N
    Length 60.96M
    Width 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Discoverer Bert Fry, Jim Carr

Mining district

District name Unorganized District

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SECOND PEGMATE 0.25 MI SE AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FT HIGHER FROM THE FIRST. BERYL NOT SEEN IN EITHER PEGMATITE BY AUTHOR STOLL

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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