Luella Mine

Past Producer in Latah county in Idaho, United States with commodities Mica, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072066
MRDS ID W015892
Record type Site
Current site name Luella Mine
Alternate or previous names Campbell Lease
Related records 10144507

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.60323, 46.87796 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 4 MI NE OF STANFORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sand Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 041N 002W 21 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR W EDGE OF AVON MICA DISTRICT, ABOUT 1.5 MI SW OF MUSCOVITE PROPERTY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result AVG PEGMATITES DO NOT EXCEED 5% MICA BY VISUAL ESTIMATE. BULK SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.002 AND 0.004% BEO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite;Basalt Dike
    Rock description Pegmatite;Basalt Dike
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.60323, 46.87796

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Steeply Dipping W Limb Of Anticline Of Great Width.
Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Folds Or Rolls

Ore body information

  • General form PIPELIKE
    Length 60.96M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to bottom 53.34M
  • General form PIPELIKE
  • General form PIPELIKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1910
Discoverer Western Mica Co.

Mining district

District name Avon Mica District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. A. Campbell (Western Mica Co.)

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 8 FROM CAMPBELL LEASE

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 201.17M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 UNDERGROUND LEVELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STOLL, W. C., 1950, MICA AND BERYL PEGMATITES IN IDAHO AND MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER 229, 64 P.

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, 29 P.

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1925, MICA DEPOSITS OF LATAH CO., IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 14, 14 P.

  • Deposit

    PATTEE, E. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, BERYLLIUM RESOURCES OF IDAHO, WASHINGTON, MONTANA, AND OREGON: US BUR MINES REPT. INV. 7148, P. 49-50.

  • Deposit

    1925 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 14

  • Deposit

    1943 RECON W. C. STOLL, PROF. PAPER 229

  • Deposit

    1957 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2

  • Deposit

    1958 RECON US BUR MINES REPT. INV. 7148

  • Production

    STOLL, W. C., 1950, USGS PROF. PAPER 229, 64 P { REED, G. C., 1946, US BUR MINES REPT. INV. 3898, P. 6.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references