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Walter Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069942
MRDS ID W007739
Record type Site
Current site name Walter Prospect
Related records 10192580

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.32215, 48.26127 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 1 3/4 MI NW OF HOPE, IDAHO; 2 MI SE OF MOUTH OF TRESTLE CREEK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bonner(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trout Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pend Oreille Lake(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 057N 001E 27 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • S. SLOPE OF CABINET MOUNTAINS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrolusite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.32215, 48.26127
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description On Broad W. Limb (Dipping 30 Deg E?) Of Syncline With Axis In Montana
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fractures

Ore body information

  • General form RIBBON
    Strike N 10 DEG E
    Dip 32 DEG SE
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartzite Bedding

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDDING TRENDS N 10 DEG E, DIPS 32 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

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., NO. 12, 132 P

  • Deposit

    1930 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES & GEOL. BULL. 1

Reporter information

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

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