Prosperity Group

Occurrence in Latah county in Idaho, United States with commodity Tungsten
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10011559
MRDS ID D006569
Record type Site
Current site name Prosperity Group
Alternate or previous names Lavigne and Maher Tungsten Property
Related records 10169407

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.79294, 46.99346 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 6 MILES N20E OF PRINCETON, IDA., Within 0.1 Mi

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Princeton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palouse(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 042N 004W 11 SW OF NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • .5 MI N60W OF THE LOST WHEELBARROW MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.79294, 46.99346

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blackfoot District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Clearwater National Forest (Palouse RD of St. Joe National Forest)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Lavigne And Mr. Maher
    First year 1952

Comments on development

  • A SHAFT IS LOCATED ON PROSPERITY NO. 2 CLAIM, TWO BULLDOZER TRENCHES HAVE BEEN MADE EAST OF THE SHAFT (1952)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COMMODITY FILES, USGS, SPOKANE WA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-80 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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