Mc Kinney Prospect

Past Producer in Latah county in Idaho, United States with commodities Beryllium, 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. 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 10072110
MRDS ID W015962
Record type Site
Current site name Mc Kinney Prospect
Related records 10192504

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.78244, 46.87906 (WGS84)
Elevation 1103
Relative position 3.5 MI SE OF PRINCETON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Princeton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palouse(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 041N 004W 24 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Mica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Muscovite Ore

Analytical data

Result ONE SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.0194% BEO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.78244, 46.87906

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Schist Foliation Strikes N 70 - 85 Deg E, Dips 45 - 70 Deg W

Ore body information

  • Strike N 73 DEG W
    Dip 57 DEG NE
    Length 19.81M
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Princeton - Harvard Area

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. Mc Kinney

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 2.13M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PATTEE, E. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, BERYLLIUM RESOURCES OF IDAHO, WASHINGTON, MONTANA, AND OREGON: US BUR MINES REPT. INV. 7148, P. 25, 60 - 62

  • Deposit

    1958 RECON US BUR MINES, REPT. INV. 714

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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