Bobs Creek Mica Occurrence

Occurrence in Clearwater county in Idaho, United States with commodity Mica
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072073
MRDS ID W015903
Record type Site
Current site name Bobs Creek Mica Occurrence
Related records 10143986

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.31962, 46.89236 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Relative position ABOUT 4.5 MI NE OF BOVILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bechtel Butte(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Clearwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 041N 001E 15 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 14 LB SAMPLE WAS 58% SCRAP, 25% PUNCH, AND 17% SHEET MICA RANGING FROM 2 BY 2 IN TO 3 BY 5 IN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.31962, 46.89236

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.07M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ruby Creek District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MICA BOOKS 12 BY 18 BY 4 IN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1977 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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