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Bedrock Creek Limestone Mine

Past Producer in Nez Perce county in Idaho, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072129
MRDS ID W015989
MAS/MILS ID 0160690007
Record type Site
Current site name Bedrock Creek Limestone Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.57103, 46.54096 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Relative position 3 MI SE OF LELAND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nez Perce(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lenore(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 Nez Perce

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 037N 002W 22 NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 2.2 Mi Up Bedrock Creek From Lenore - Cherry Land County Road Along N Side Clearwater R.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite

Analytical data

Result 30.88% CAO
Result 21.65% MGO
Result 46.10% IGN. LOSS WAS GRAB SAMPLE ANALYSIS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Dolomitic Limestone, Micaceous Schists, Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.57103, 46.54096
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Some Faulting, Fracturing, Recrystallization

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N 80 DEG W
    Dip 82 DEG S
    Thickness 25.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Clearwater District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Idaho Lime And Marble Co

Comments on the production information

  • Few Thousand Tons Limestone Quarried

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • According To Later 1956 Idaho Bur. Mines Open-File Rept., Only A Few Thousand Tons Actually Available Due To Strike And Dip

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 76.2M

Comments on development

  • Crushing And Processing Plant ; Econ.Com: Great Overburden

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hubbard, Charles R., 1956, Geology And Mineral Resources Of Nez Perce County: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology County Rept. 1, 17 P.

  • Production

    Hubbard, C. R., 1956, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Co. Rept. 1, 17 P.

  • Deposit

    Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, 1956, Open-File Rept., 3 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 1 Bed 85 Ft. Thick; Other Bed Impure With Inclusions. 40 Acres.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 11-JAN-1989 Olson U.S. Bureau of Mines

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