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Heywood Creek Occurrence

Occurrence in Clearwater county in Idaho, United States with commodity Beryllium
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  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 10090100
MRDS ID W019427
Record type Site
Current site name Heywood Creek Occurrence
Related records 10265312

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.8496, 46.41567 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 4.5 MI NE OF WEIPPE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pierce(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kooskia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Clearwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 036N 005E 32 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON A LOGGING ROAD 0.5 MI N OF SPACE CR ROAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LARGEST CRYSTAL WAS 0.25 IN IN DIAMETER AND 0.5 IN LONG

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore
Albite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result RANDOM CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.001 % BEO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Altered Quartz Diorite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Altered Quartz Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.8496, 46.41567
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Zoning

Ore body information

  • Strike N 65 DEG W
    Dip 35 DEG N
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pierce City District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DEEP OVERBURDEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PATTEE, E. C., AND OTHERS, 1968 , BERYLLIUM RESOURCES OF IDAHO, WASHINGTON, MONTANA, AND OREGON: U. S. BUREAU OF MINES REPT. INV. 7148 , P. 5

  • Deposit

    1960 GEOCHEM U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, REPT. INV. 714

Reporter information

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

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