Tinker's Pride Prospect

Prospect in Lemhi county in Idaho, United States with commodities Cobalt, Copper, Nickel
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067856
MRDS ID W000729
MAS/MILS ID 0160590419
Record type Site
Current site name Tinker's Pride Prospect
Alternate or previous names Imi Property, Tinker's Pride No. 1 tunnels, Tinker's Pride No. 4 tunnels, East Tinker's Pride No. 4

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.35987, 45.17179 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 8 MILES NW. OF COBALT, IDAHO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lemhi(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gant Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bighorn Crags(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Panther(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Salmon-Challis 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 Lemhi

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 018N 04,09,10 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cobaltite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite
    Rock unit name Yellow Jacket Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock type qualifier Quartz Biotite Schist
    Rock unit name Yellow Jacket Formation
    Rock description Yellow Jacket Form. Quartz Biotite Schist, Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -114.35987, 45.17179

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Length 213.36M
    Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • 2 Shear Zones Trend Nnw And Dip Steeply E ; Geol.Desc: En Echelon Lensy Veins Of Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Pyrite, In Silicified Parts Of North-Trending Shear Zone 800 Ft. Wide; Several Parallel Mineralized Bodies; Known Length 700 Ft.; Average Total Width 20ft(?).
  • Original alteration entry:

    Local - Silicification

  • Original ore control entry:

    Shear Zone Trends N

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blackbird

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Salmon National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hanna Mining Co.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Above Estimated Reserves For Bonanza Copper And Tinker's Pride.

Comments on development

  • Tinker's Pride Now Included In Blackbird Mine, See No. 363 ; Econ.Com: Deposit Not Economically Feasible

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1972 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1976 Siefken, Robert R. (Miller, Pat) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.