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Silica Prospect

Occurrence in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodity Silica
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10093437
MRDS ID W012783
Record type Site
Current site name Silica Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.9938, 44.54567 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position 35 MILES BY ROAD N.W. OF WEISER, IDAHO.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sturgill Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McCall(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Weiser(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette 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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014N 005W 18 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 2 MILES EAST OF IRON MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Tourmaline Gangue
Quartz Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Hydrothermal

Analytical data

Result IMPURITIES ARE RARE, BUT TOURMALINE SUNS ARE LOCALLY PRESENT AND ARE AS MUCH AS ONE FOOT IN DIAMETER.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite > Trondhjemite
    Rock unit name Columbia River Group-Basalt;Porphyritic Granodiorite, Trondhjemite
    Rock description Columbia River Group-Basalt;Porphyritic Granodiorite, Trondhjemite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Tonalite > Trondhjemite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.9938, 44.54567
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HENRICKSEN, T., 1974, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL - IRON MOUNTAIN DISTRICT, IDAHO: CORVALLIS, OREGON STATE UNIV., PH.D. THESIS, 205 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey

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

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