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Mosquito Bay Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069833
MRDS ID W007547
Record type Site
Current site name Mosquito Bay Prospect
Related records 10217231

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.84858, 48.74206 (WGS84)
Elevation 777
Relative position 9 MILES NE OF NORDMAN ON HWY. 57.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Priest Lake NE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonners Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Priest(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 062N 004W 10 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • N. END OF PRIEST LAKE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • UNUSUALLY HIGH RADIOACTIVITY IN SMALL SCATTERED PATCHES ON A KNOLL 50 BY 75 FT IN SIZE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Purcell Sill-Diorite
    Rock description Purcell Sill-Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.84858, 48.74206
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Priest Lake District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEIS, PAUL L., ARMSTRONG, FRANK C., AND ROSENBLUM, SAMUEL, 1958: RECONNAISSANCE FOR RADIOACTIVE MINERALS IN WASHINGTON, IDAHO, AND WESTERN WASHINGTON, 1952 - 1955: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1074 - B, 48 P

  • Deposit

    1958 RECON WEIS, PAUL L. BULL. 1074 -

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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