Homestake Prospect

Occurrence in Bonner county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069940
MRDS ID W007735
Record type Site
Current site name Homestake Prospect
Related records 10119933

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.10074, 48.16877 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Relative position 3 1/2 MI NE OF CLARK FORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Scotchman Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Clark Fork(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 056N 003E 29 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • BASE OF SCOTCHMAN PEAK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.10074, 48.16877

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Hope Fault Is Several Hundred Yards S Of Prospect; On Broad W. Limb Of Large Syncline With Axis In Montana
Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Fractures And Joint Planes, Small Brecciated Zones.

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR, SEAMLETS OR LENS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralized Solutions Percolated Through Minor Fractures In Quartzite.

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRICHARD TRENDS N 10 DEG E TO N 40 DEG E AND DIPS 15 DEG SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clark Fork District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TUNNEL 140 FT LONG OF SEVERAL THAT HAVE BEEN DRIVEN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1930, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CLARK FORK DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 12, 132 P

  • Deposit

    1930 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 12

  • Deposit

    DIREXPL

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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