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Mary Blue Prospect

Occurrence in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold
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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 10071085
MRDS ID W014298
Record type Site
Current site name Mary Blue Prospect
Related records 10193322

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.60096, 44.36178 (WGS84)
Elevation 1882
Relative position 27 MI SE OF CASCADE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitehawk Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(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

Boise 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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 012N 007E 22 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Fluorite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.60096, 44.36178
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Joints, Shear Zones

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Deadwood District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 304.8M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HOBBS, S. W., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES - TUNGSTEN, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 223 - 23

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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