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Merry Blue

Producer in Valley county in Idaho, United States with commodities Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite, Gold
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107650
MRDS ID D001127
Record type Site
Current site name Merry Blue

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.60096, 44.36178 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES FROM NORTH END OF DEADWOOD RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valley(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitehawk Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Deadwood River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Challis(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Payette(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 Valley

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 012N 007E 22 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.60096, 44.36178
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • A SAMPLE TAKEN BY J.R. COOPER OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ACROSS 4.2 FEET NEAR THE FACE ASSAYED 1.0 PERCENT OF WO3.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    COOK, E.F., 1956, IDAHO BUR. OF MINES AND GEOL., PAM. 108.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MINE WAS ONCE WORKED FOR GOLD

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1973 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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