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Spencer Opal Mine

Producer in Clark county in Idaho, United States with commodity Semiprecious Gemstone
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10168346
MAS/MILS ID 0160330065
Record type Site
Current site name Spencer Opal Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -112.09725, 44.38461 (WGS84)
Elevation 2133
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lookout Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dubois(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaver-Camas(hydrologic unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Caribou-Targhee 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 Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 012 N 037 E 09 NESESE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Semiprecious Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -112.09725, 44.38461
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Targhee National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Claudia Haight
    Interest 100
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1995

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA (MSHA), 1975.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1994, DIRECTORY OF PRINCIPAL U.S.

  • Deposit

    GEMSTONE PRODUCERS IN 1993; U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRY SURVEYS, P. 22.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-AUG-1995 Longwill U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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