Mine detail: Smith Ridge Kyanite Deposit

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Location: Clearwater County, Idaho, United States, North America
Lat / long: 46.86597, -115.85271
dep_id: 10078684
mrds_id: W027149
Commodity type: nonmetallic
Trace mineral: Kyanite
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metamorphic
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Andalusite, Kyanite, Sillimanite
gangue: Cordierite, Garnet, Mica
orebody_fm: LENS
ore_ctrl: Contact Of Anorthosite And The Gneiss And Schist
Reporter: Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat)
hrock_unit: Belt Supergroup
hrock_type: Anorthosite,Schist,Gneiss
References:
  • Deposit:: VAN NOY, R. M., AND OTHERS, 1970 , KYANITE RESOURCES IN THE NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES: USBM REPT. INV. 7426 , 81 P
  • Deposit:: 1970 RECON USBM REPT. INV. 742
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