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Birch Mountain Silica Occurrence

Occurrence in Clearwater county in Idaho, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10079124
MRDS ID W028035
Record type Site
Current site name Birch Mountain Silica Occurrence
Related records 10193050

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.13789, 46.86207 (WGS84)
Elevation 1615
Relative position 40 MI NE OF PIERCE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moose Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Headquarters(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper North Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Clearwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 041N 010E 25 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH-GRADE SILICA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result 99.2 % SIO2 (CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF HEAD SAMPLE)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Garnetiferous Shale, Sandstone, Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.13789, 46.86207
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LESS THAN 250000 TONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CARTER, G. J., AND OTHERS, 1962 , INDUSTRIAL SILICA DEPOSITS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: US BUR MINES INF. CIRC. 8112 , 57 P

  • Deposit

    1961 RECON US BUR MINES INF. CIRC. 811

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1978 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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