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Smith Ridge Kyanite Deposit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078684
MRDS ID W027149
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Ridge Kyanite Deposit
Related records 10144235

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.85271, 46.86597 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 26.5 MI N OF PIERCE, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bertha Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Headquarters(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower North Fork 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 Clearwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 041N 005E 22,23,24,28,29,21 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG SMITH RIDGE BETWEEN LITTLE N FK CLEARWATER RIVER AND N FK CLEARWATER RIVER; LOCATION PLOTTED 0.75 MI E OF BOEHLS BUTTE AND IS APPROXIMATE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andalusite Ore
Kyanite Ore
Sillimanite Ore
Cordierite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Mica Gangue

Analytical data

Result 4 SAMPLES AVG. 10 % KYANITE MINERALS
Result WITH RANGE OF 8 - 12 %
Result 1 SAMPLE OF LENS CONTAINED 33 % KYANITE MINERALS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Gneiss, Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.85271, 46.86597
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 18.29M
    Length 914.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Of Anorthosite And The Gneiss And Schist

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Dworshak Reservoir Area

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VAN NOY, R. M., AND OTHERS, 1970 , KYANITE RESOURCES IN THE NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 7426 , 81 P

  • Deposit

    1970 RECON USBM REPT. INV. 742

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1977 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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