Emerald Creek Placer

Producer in Benewah county in Idaho, United States with commodity Garnet
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089417
MRDS ID W019551
MAS/MILS ID 0160090017
Record type Site
Current site name Emerald Creek Placer
Alternate or previous names Fernwood

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.33213, 47.02766 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 4.5 MI NW OF CLARKIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Benewah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clarkia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joe(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Benewah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 043N 001E 33,34 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Garnet Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Almandite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Rock unit name Gravel
    Rock description Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.33213, 47.02766

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Camas Cove District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Idaho Garnet Abrasive Co. ( 1955 )

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Minobras, 1975 , Idaho Industrial Minerals, P. 14

  • Deposit

    Hubbard, C. R., 1955 , A Survey Of The Mineral Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 105 , 56 P.

  • Deposit

    1955 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 10

  • Deposit

    USBM Liaison Officers Report Of Active Mines In 1975

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1977 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 23-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.