The Soldier Creek Prospects is a mine located in Bonner county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,701 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 4,701 Feet (1,433 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 48.4958, -116.77390
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Soldier Creek Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Soldier Creek Prospects
Secondary: Sundance Mtn.
Commodity
Tertiary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Mica
Location
State: Idaho
County: Bonner
District: Unorganized District
Land Status
Land ownership: State
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1941
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Selkirk Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENTICULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Beryl
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Feldspar
Comments
Comment (Location): W. SLOPE SUNDANCE MOUNTAIN. S. END OF PRIEST LAKE
Comment (Deposit): SECOND PEGMATE 0.25 MI SE AND SEVERAL HUNDRED FT HIGHER FROM THE FIRST. BERYL NOT SEEN IN EITHER PEGMATITE BY AUTHOR STOLL
Comment (Commodity): MICA BOOKS 2 BY 2 INCHES.
References
Reference (Deposit): STOLL, W. C., 1950, MICA AND BERYL PEGMATITES IN IDAHO AND MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 229, 64 P
Reference (Deposit): 1950 COMPILE STOLL, W. C., PROF. PAPER 22
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