The Luella Mine is a mica mine located in Latah county, Idaho at an elevation of 3,399 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: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Mica
Lat, Long: 46.8781, -116.60220
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Luella Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Luella Mine
Secondary: Campbell Lease
Commodity
Primary: Mica
Tertiary: Beryllium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Latah
District: Avon Mica 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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: E. A. Campbell (Western Mica Co.)
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1910
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: Palouse Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PIPELIKE
Form: PIPELIKE
Form: PIPELIKE
Structure
Type: R
Description: Steeply Dipping W Limb Of Anticline Of Great Width.
Type: L
Description: Minor Folds Or Rolls
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: Late Cretaceous
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVG PEGMATITES DO NOT EXCEED 5% MICA BY VISUAL ESTIMATE. BULK SAMPLES CONTAINED 0.002 AND 0.004% BEO
Materials
Ore: Beryl
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NEAR W EDGE OF AVON MICA DISTRICT, ABOUT 1.5 MI SW OF MUSCOVITE PROPERTY.
Comment (Production): ITEM 8 FROM CAMPBELL LEASE
Comment (Workings): 3 UNDERGROUND LEVELS
References
Reference (Deposit): STOLL, W. C., 1950, MICA AND BERYL PEGMATITES IN IDAHO AND MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER 229, 64 P.
Reference (Deposit): HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, 29 P.
Reference (Deposit): ANDERSON, A. L., 1925, MICA DEPOSITS OF LATAH CO., IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 14, 14 P.
Reference (Deposit): PATTEE, E. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, BERYLLIUM RESOURCES OF IDAHO, WASHINGTON, MONTANA, AND OREGON: US BUR MINES REPT. INV. 7148, P. 49-50.
Reference (Deposit): 1925 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 14
Reference (Deposit): 1943 RECON W. C. STOLL, PROF. PAPER 229
Reference (Deposit): 1957 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2
Reference (Deposit): 1958 RECON US BUR MINES REPT. INV. 7148
Reference (Production): STOLL, W. C., 1950, USGS PROF. PAPER 229, 64 P { REED, G. C., 1946, US BUR MINES REPT. INV. 3898, P. 6.
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