Commodities
PrimaryMica
TertiaryBeryllium
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Ore controlWall Zone Of Pegmatite
Materials
GangueMolybdenite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSchist,Gneiss · Belt Supergroup
Associated rockPegmatite · Pegmatite;;Basalt Sill
StructureSteeply Dipping W Limb Of Anticline Of Great Width, Foliation Parallel To Bedding Which Strikes Due N, Dips 50 Deg W To Vertical
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1914
Discovery year1914
Identification
Deposit ID10105788
MRDS IDW015893
Alternate namesBentz Claim
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates46.87986, -116.56963
References
STOLL, W. C., 1950, MICA AND BERYL PEGMATITES IN IDAHO AND MONTANA: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 229, 64 P.ANDERSON, A. L., 1925, MICA DEPOSITS OF LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 14, 14 P.HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, P. 20.PATTEE, E. C., AND OTHERS, 1968, BERYLLIUM RESOURCES OF IDAHO, WASHINGTON, MONTANA, AND OREGON: US BUR MINES REPT. INV. 7148, P. 25, 46-48.5) REED, G. C., 1946, EXPLORATION OF THE AVON MICA DISTRICT LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: US BUR MINES REPT. INV. 3898, P. 17-18.1925 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 141943 DIREXPL US BUR MINES, REPT. INV. 38981943 RECON W. C. STOLL, PROF. PAPER 2291957 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 21958 RECON US BUR MINES REPT. INV. 7148STOLL, W. C., 1950, USGS PROF. PAPER 229, 64 P. { HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2, P. 20 { LESURE, F. G., 1964, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. 1, P. 131. { REED, G. C., 1946, US BUR MINES REPT. INV. 3898, P. 6.