Sunshine Claim

Occurrence in Latah county in Idaho, United States with commodity Mica
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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089300
MRDS ID W015901
Record type Site
Current site name Sunshine Claim
Alternate or previous names Atlas, Violet

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.56493, 46.90456 (WGS84)
Elevation 1440
Relative position 6.25 MI NE OF STANFORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sand Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palouse(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(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 Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 041N 002W 15 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS MORNING STAR CLAIM ON N

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Muscovite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Albitization, Silicification, Muscovization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Rock unit name Pegmatite
    Rock description Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Muscovite Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.56493, 46.90456

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Steeply Dipping W Limb Of Anticline Of Great Width

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 35 DEG E
    Dip 45 DEG NW
    Width 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SCHISTS STRIKE N 35 DEG E, DIP 45 DEG W.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Avon Mica District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Clearwater National Forest (Palouse RD of St. Joe National Forest)

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Victory Metals, Inc
  • Type Owner
    Owner David Peterson

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 6.1M
    Overall width 2.44M

Comments on development

  • 1 CLAIM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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