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Placer Creek Beryl 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093470
MRDS ID W013139
Record type Site
Current site name Placer Creek Beryl Occurrence
Related records 10119810

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.8982, 46.47737 (WGS84)
Elevation 1018
Relative position 6 MI. N. OF WEIPPE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weippe North(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 004E 15 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.8982, 46.47737
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Economic information

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OLSON, BOYD H., 1940, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN - FILE REPORT, 2 P

  • Deposit

    1940 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN FILE REPOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. 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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