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Gem Copper Min. Co. Prospect

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069840
MRDS ID W007558
Record type Site
Current site name Gem Copper Min. Co. Prospect
Related records 10119839

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.90802, 48.77069 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 2 MI. N OF PRIEST LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Upper Priest Lake(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 063N 004W 34 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2 MI ABOVE THE HEAD OF PRIEST LAKE. ON ELOUGHBERG MT. TO WEST SIDE OF LAKE LAT/LONG. ADDED 10/04/91 BY D.F. USING IGS MINES AND PROSPECTS SERIES;SANDPOINT QUAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe Gossan

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Quartzite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 12.19M

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 State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gem Copper Min. Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M
    Overall width 12.19M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BELL, R. N., 1907 , EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINING INDUSTRY OF IDAHO FOR THE YEAR 1906

  • Deposit

    LANCASTER, J., 1910. PRIEST LAKE DISTRICT, IDAHO; MINING WORLD, V. 32, P. 100.

  • Deposit

    1907 COMPILE STATE MINE INSPECTOR'S REPT. FOR 190

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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