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Blacktail Asbestos Prospect

Prospect in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodity Asbestos
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089269
MRDS ID W015400
MAS/MILS ID 0160490796
Record type Site
Current site name Blacktail Asbestos Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.95656, 45.92154 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position ABOUT 6 MI S OF HARPSTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Harpster(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 030N 004E 21, 27 S2 (21), SWSWSW (27) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Near Top Of Blacktail Mountain; Near Head Of A Tributary Of Lightning Creek; On Ne Side Of Mountain.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anthophyllite Ore
Antigorite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Magnesite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Serpentine And Talc Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.95656, 45.92154
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 30 DEG E
    Dip 50 DEG SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Harpster District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Nez Perce National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1956, The Geology And Mineral Resources Of The Region About Orofino, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 34, 63 P.

  • Deposit

    Minobras, 1975, Idaho Industrial Minerals: Minobras

  • Deposit

    Mines And Prospects Of The Elk City Quad., IBMG Mines And Prospects Map Series, V.E. Mitchell, Et Al.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 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.

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