Mine detail: Muscovite Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 46.88956, -116.57933

Resource(B)

Primary: Mica, Beryllium
Tertiary: Uranium
Ore: Beryl, Muscovite
Gangue: Apatite, Biotite, Hematite, Limonite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Orebody form: PEGMATITE, LENS, TABULAR, PIPELIKE
Discovery year: 1888

Production

Operation type: Surface-Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1888

Geology

Host rock:Belt Supergroup
Host type:Mica Schist,Pegmatite

References

MRDSM060826
MAS160570028
DEP10290309
Reference{Deposit:: ANDERSON, A.L., MICA DEPOSITS OF LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL. PAMP. 14, P.8, 1923}{Deposit:: HUBBARD, C.R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY}{Deposit:: STERRETT, D.B., MICA DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES U.S.G.S. BULL. 740, P. 89, 1923.}{Deposit:: CHOATE, R., 1959, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT, 3 P.}{Deposit:: STOLL, W.D., MICA AND BERYL PEGMATITES IN IDAHO AND MONTANA, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 229, P.37, 1950.}{Deposit:: BRYANT, B.L., 1939, CONCENTRATION OF LATAH COUNTY BERYL: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, 15 P.}{Deposit:: 1923 RECON D.B. STERRETT, BULL. 740}{Deposit:: 1925 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPH 14}{Deposit:: 1942 GEOLMAP L.R. PAGE, DETAILED SURVEY}{Deposit:: 1943 GEOLMAP W.C. STOLL, PROF. PAPER 229}{Deposit:: 1957 OTHER IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY CO. REPT. 2}{Deposit:: 1959 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT.}{Deposit:: PATTEE, E.C., RONALD M. VAN NOY, AND ROBERT D. WELDIN, BERYL RESOURCES OF IDAHO, WASHINGTON, MONTANA, AND OREGON USBM RI 7148, P. 28-39, 1968.}{Deposit:: RANEY, RUSSELL G., MUSCOVITE MINE, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO. MAS PROPERTY EVALUATION FILE REPORT (BERYLLIUM) CONFIDENTIAL UNPUBLISHED REPORT, MAY, 1983.}{Deposit:: U.S.G.S. PROF PAPER 229. P. 36-49, 1950.}{Reserve-Resource:: STOLL. W.D., MICA AND BERYL PEGMATITES IN IDAHO AND MONTANA, U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 229, P. 46-48, 1950.}{Reserve-Resource:: FINAL REPORT, MUSCOVITE MINE (MICA) D.M.E.A. DOCKET NUMBER 2607, LATAH CO., IDAHO (CONFIDENTIAL).}{Reserve-Resource:: STOLL, W.D., MICA AND BERYL PEGMATITES IN IDAHO AND MONTANA U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 229, P.46-48, 1950.}{Reserve-Resource:: USBM RI 7148, P. 38, 1968.}
ReporterPuffett, Willard P., Raney, Russell G.