Swensson Prospect

Prospect in Elmore county in Idaho, United States with commodity Feldspar
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093498
MRDS ID W013836
MAS/MILS ID 0160390712
Record type Site
Current site name Swensson Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.36064, 43.87158 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Relative position 24.5 MI. NE OF IDAHO CITY, ID.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elmore(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Phifer Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Idaho City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hailey(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North and Middle Forks Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Boise 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 Elmore

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 006N 009E 11 SW Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Vermiculite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.36064, 43.87158

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Hr.Age.Mv: Pegmatite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Black Warrior District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Fryklund, V. C., Jr., 1951, A Reconnaissance Of Some Idaho Feldspar Deposits: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 91, 30 P

  • Deposit

    1951 Recon Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 9

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Everett, Sandra E. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 27-OCT-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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