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Manganese Deposit

Prospect in Boise county in Idaho, United States with commodities Beryllium, Lead, Manganese, Silver, Tin, Zinc
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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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10216614
MRDS ID W019343
MAS/MILS ID 0160150153
Record type Site
Current site name Manganese Deposit
Alternate or previous names Sawtooth Primitive Area.
Related records 10089403

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.99763, 44.00489 (WGS84)
Elevation 2743
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boise(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Cramer(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

White Cloud Peaks(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

Sawtooth National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Sawtooth Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boise

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 008 N 012 E 25 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ABOUT 0.4 KILOMETERS NORTH OF THE NORTH END OF HIDDEN LAKE, WHERE THE TRAIL CROSSES THE CREEK. A STRONG VEIN IS JET BLACK AND APPEARS TO BE SOLID MANGANESE OXIDE. FRAGMENTS FROM THE VEIN SHOW THAT IT IS COMPOSED PRIMARILY OF ALTERED GRANITE. SAMPLE OF VEIN NEAR PROSPECT PIT CONTAINED TRACES OF SILVER AND LEAD, 975 PPM ZINC, TRACES OF TIN, 300 PP, BERYLLIUM, AND 18,000 PPM MANGANESE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silver Primary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.99763, 44.00489
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Boise National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kiilsgaard, T. H., And Others, 1970, Mineral Resources Of The Sawtooth Primitive Area, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 1319-D, 174p.

  • Deposit

    P. D113-114; ALSO ON PLATE 2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-JAN-1995 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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