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Cobalt Occurrence

Occurrence in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodity Cobalt
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070547
MRDS ID W013525
MAS/MILS ID 0160590103
Record type Site
Current site name Cobalt Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Desert Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.22593, 45.08433 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 0.4 MI. NE COBALT, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cobalt(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 020N 019E 04 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 0.4 MI. NE OF BLACKBIRD TOWNSITE (COBALT); PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = VANCOUVER 1:250000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Tourmalinization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.22593, 45.08433
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Leesburg Fault

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLETS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Outcrop Of Quartzite On Hanging Wall Of Leesburg Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blackbird District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHOCKEY, P. N., 1957, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY OF THE LEESBURG QUADRANGLE, LEMHI COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 113, 42 P

  • Deposit

    1957 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 113

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-76 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey SOURCES & UPGRADES EDITS
Updater 01-OCT-76 Beougher, Dee (Spanski, Gregory T.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 08-JAN-10 Causey, J. Douglas 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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