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Aparejo Creek Fluorite Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070910
MRDS ID W014046
MAS/MILS ID 0160590242
Record type Site
Current site name Aparejo Creek Fluorite Prospect
Alternate or previous names Idaho Primitive Area

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.72034, 44.92628 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Relative position 3.5 MI SW OF MIDDLE FORK PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aparejo Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Middle Fork Salmon(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)

Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 018N 014E 34 SENESE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1/4 Mi Sse From Confluence Of Sheep Creek With Middle Fork Salmon River Land Status Value Calculated 7-94 Using Gis Overlay Analysis With Usfs Land Ownership Boundaries, 1:126,720 Scale.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Casto Pluton-Quartz Monzonite, Pink Granite
    Rock description Casto Pluton-Quartz Monzonite, Pink Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.72034, 44.92628
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 DEG E
    Dip 80 DEG SE
    Thickness 15.24M
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Middle Fork District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest
Ownership category National Primitive Area
Area name Idaho Primitive Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 152.4M

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Vein Is Composed Of 33% F

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cater, F. W., And Others, 1973, Mineral Resources Of The Idaho Primitive Area And Vicinity, Idaho: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1304, 431 P

  • Deposit

    1973 Recon Cater, F. W., And Others, Bulletin 130

  • Geology

    Exploration Pit In Fissure Vein Of Quartz, Calcite, And Blue-Green Fluorite Cutting Pink Tertiary Granite.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAR-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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