Glens Peak Prospects

Prospect in Elmore county in Idaho, United States with commodity Beryllium
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070760
MRDS ID W013839
MAS/MILS ID 0160390635
Record type Site
Current site name Glens Peak Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.01263, 43.94739 (WGS84)
Elevation 2865
Relative position 12 MI NE OF ATLANTA, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Everly(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Sawtooth Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 007N 012E 12,14 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Near Glens Peak, On The Ridge West Of The Peak, About 305 Meters Southeast Of The Trail From Spangle Lake To Ardeth Lake.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Aquamarine Ore
Beryl Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.002-0.005% BEO IN THE COUNTRY ROCK. 0.13% OF PEGMATITE SURFACE IS AQUAMARINE. 1 PEGMATITE SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.28% BEO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sawtooth Batholith-Granite;Dike-Pegmatite
    Rock description Sawtooth Batholith-Granite;Dike-Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Challis intrusive rocks.

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 42 DEG E
    Dip 70 DEG SE
    Thickness 0.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Glens Peak Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest
Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p., p. D107; also on plate 2.

  • Deposit

    Reid, R. R., And Choate, R., 1960, Prospecting For Beryllium In Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Inf. Circ. 7, 18 P.

  • Deposit

    WFOC Mineral Property File No. 0160150072.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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