Mine detail: Idaho Garnet Abrasive Placer

Previously called 'Garnet Group'

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Location

Lat / long:

47.00903, -116.32742

Resource(N)

Primary:	Garnet
Tertiary:	Kyanite
Ore:	Garnet, Kyanite
Gangue:	Epidote, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Monazite, Muscovite, Quartz, Sillimanite, Sphene, Zircon

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Placer
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Sand And Gravel;Upper Wallace Form.-Garnetiferous Mica Schist
Host type:	Sand and Gravel

References

MRDS	W019490
DEP	10089408
Reference	{Deposit:: HUBBARD, C. R., 1957 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2 , P. 23}{Deposit:: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, 1955 , OPEN - FILE REPT., 3 P.}{Deposit:: MC DOWELL, G. A., 1952 , FIFTY - FOURTH ANN. REPT. OF MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR 1952 , P. 71}{Deposit:: CLARK, A. L., 1963 , GEOLOGY OF THE CLARKIA AREA, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, P. 53 - 55}{Deposit:: 1955 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN FILE REPT.}{Deposit:: 1957 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2}
Reporter	Miller, Pat J.