Manganese Deposit

Occurrence in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Manganese, Zinc, Beryllium, Silver, Lead, Tin
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. Alteration
  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 10089403
MRDS ID W019343
Record type Site
Current site name Manganese Deposit
Related records 10216614

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -114.99763, 44.00489 (WGS84)
Elevation 2621
Relative position 15 MI S OF STANLEY, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Cramer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Sawtooth Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008N 012E 25 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1/4 MI N OF N END OF HIDDEN LAKE, WHERE THE TRAIL CROSSES THE CREEK LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Beryllium Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe-Stains

Analytical data

Result A SAMPLE ACROSS 10 FT INTERVAL OF VEIN HAD TRACES AG, PB, SN, 975 PPM ZN, 300 PPM BE, 18000 PPM ( 1.8 % ) MN
Result A 2ND VEIN SAMPLE HAD TRACE AG, 200 PPM PB, 20 PPM SN, 2750 PPM ZN, 49000 PPM ( 4.9 % ) MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Sawtooth Batholith-Granite
    Rock description Sawtooth Batholith-Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -114.99763, 44.00489

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENS, PODS, STRINGERS
    Strike N 80 DEG E
    Dip 70 DEG NW
    Length 91.44M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Stanley And Hidden Lake Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p.

  • Deposit

    1970 RECON T. H. KIILSGAARD AND OTHERS, BULL. 1319-

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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