Idaho · Valley County
Occurrence
Bowman Corundum Occurrence
Valley County, Idaho, United States
Corundum
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Commodities
Tertiary
Corundum
Commodity type
N
Deposit
Deposit type
Metamorphic
Deposit size
N
Orebody form
METACRYSTS, IRREGULAR
Ore control
Crystals Have Linear Orientation In The Plane Of The Foliation Of The Schist
Materials
Ore minerals
Corundum
Gangue
Biotite, Chlorite, Feldspar, Magnetite, Martite, Muscovite
Geology
Host rock
Schist · Schist (Inclusions)
Associated rock
Diorite · Idaho Batholith-Granodiorite
Structure
Foliation
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Identification
Deposit ID
10078453
MRDS ID
W026788
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
44.27408, -115.96737
References
FRYKLUND, V. C., JR., 1951 , NOTE ON THE OCCURRENCE OF CORUNDUM IN IDAHO: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 36 , NO. 9 - 10 , P. 776 - 778