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Kingsley Prospect

Occurrence in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Mica, Feldspar, Silica
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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. 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 10071171
MRDS ID W014415
Record type Site
Current site name Kingsley Prospect
Related records 10144109

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.81676, 44.01628 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 11 MI. WSW OF LOWMAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Grimes Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Boise-Mores(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 Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 005E 24 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MI E. OF GRIMES PASS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Tertiary
Feldspar Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NOT OF CERAMIC GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite Dike
    Rock description Pegmatite Dike
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.81676, 44.01628
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Grimes Pass District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LESURE, F. G., 1964, MINERAL RESOURCES - MICA AND ASSOCIATED PEGMATITE MINERALS, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1, P. 123 - 133.

  • Deposit

    KELLY, H. J., STRANDBERG, K. G., AND MUELLER, J. I., 1956, CERAMIC INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT AND RAW-MATERIAL RESOURCES OF OREGON, WASHINGTON, IDAHO, AND MONTANA: US BUREAU OF MINES INF. CIRC. 7752, 77 P.

  • Deposit

    MINDBRAS, 1975, IDAHO INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: MINDBRAS, P. 16-17.

  • Deposit

    1956 OTHER USBM INF. CIRC. 7752

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. 1

Reporter information

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

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