Stanley Prospect

Prospect in Ada county in Idaho, United States with commodities Beryllium, Garnet, Mica, Silica
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. 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073246
MRDS ID W019189
MAS/MILS ID 0160010094
Record type Site
Current site name Stanley Prospect
Alternate or previous names Stanley Pegmatite Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.12596, 43.66628 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 6 MI (BY AIR) FROM CENTER OF BOISE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ada(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boise North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Ada

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 004N 003E 20,29 SESW (20) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 4.8 Mi NE Boise By Way Of The Mile High Graveled Road; Location Approximate

    Also in T.4 N., R.3, E. Sec. 29

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Garnet Tertiary
Mica Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result 1 RANDOM CHIP SAMPLE OF PEGMATITE CONTAINED LESS THAN 0.002 % BEO

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.12596, 43.66628

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 DEG E
    Dip 74 DEG E
    Length 13.11M
    Width 0.3M
    Depth to bottom 4.57M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Hr.Age.Mv: Pegmatite Dikes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Boise District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area
Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the production information

  • About 100 Lb Of Beryl Removed From 1 Dike

Comments on the workings information

  • Several Very Shallow Pits And Bulldozer Trenches

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PATTEE, E. C., AND OTHERS, 1968 , BERYLLIUM RESOURCES OF IDAHO, WASHINGTON, MONTANA, AND OREGON: USBM REPT. INV. 7148 , 169 P

  • Deposit

    1968 RECON USBM REPT. INV. 714

  • Deposit

    WFOC MINERAL PROPERTY FILE

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit There Are Several Nearly Parallel-Striking Pegmatite Dikes; They Strike N 10 - 30 Deg E, Dip 60 Deg W - 75 Deg E And Are Up To 2 Ft Wide; One Dike Is Described Above

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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