The Steel Smith Mica Mine is a mica mine located in Latah county, Idaho at an elevation of 4,058 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: 4,058 Feet (1,237 Meters)
Commodity: Mica
Lat, Long: 46.8753, -116.57030
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Steel Smith Mica Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Steel Smith Mica Mine
Secondary: Levi Anderson
Commodity
Primary: Mica
Secondary: Beryllium
Location
State: Idaho
County: Latah
District: Avon Mica District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Clearwater National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: E. Ramsdale
Years: 1968 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Discovery Year: 1895
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: Clearwater Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PIPE-LIKE, LENTICULAR
Form: PIPE-LIKE, LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Steeply Dipping W Limb Of Anticline Of Great Width
Type: L
Description: Minor Folds Or Rolls In Lens Contacts; Schistosity Strikes N 30 Deg E, Dips 85 Deg Nw
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Albitization, Silicification, Muscovitization
Rocks
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Pegmatite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
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: 1.3 TO 1.8 % BOOK MICA, 0.9 TO 1.25 LBS SHEET MICA/TON OF PEGMATITE
Materials
Ore: Beryl
Ore: Muscovite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Biotite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SECOND PEGMATITE 15 FT THICK PLUNGES 42 TO 60 DEG SSW FOLLOWING PLUNGE OF COMPLEX FOLD. GLEASON PEGMATITE STRIKES N 3 DEG W, DIPS 65 TO 75 DEG W, IS 120 FT LONG, 8 FT WIDE. TONOPAH S CUT PEGMATITE 63 FT LONG, 7 FT THICK, STRIKES N 50 DEG W, DIPS 83 DEG SW.
Comment (Geology): WALL ZONE MICA DEPOSIT
Comment (Location): 3200 FT S OF MUSCOVITE MINE ON TOP AND SIDES OF STEEP FLAT-TOPPED KNOLL
References
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 COUNTY, 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. 25, 39.
Reference (Deposit): 5) REED, G. C., 1946 EXPLORATION OF THE AVON MICA DISTRICT, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: US BUR MINES REPT. INV. 3898, P. 16-17.
Reference (Deposit): 1925 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 14
Reference (Deposit): 1943 DIREXPL US BUR MINES, REPT. INV. 3898
Reference (Deposit): 1943 RECON W. C. STOLL, PROF. PAPER 229
Reference (Deposit): 1957 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2
Reference (Production): HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2. { STOLL, W. C., 1950, USGS PROF. PAPER 229, 64 P. { PATTEE, E. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, US BUR MINES REPT. INV. 7148, P. 25.
Reference (Deposit): STOLL, W. C., 1950, MICA AND BERYL PEGMATITES IN IDAHO AND MONTANA: USGS PROF. PAPER 229, 64 P.
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