Kent Prospect

Prospect in Boundary 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10069961
MRDS ID W007767
MAS/MILS ID 0160210017
Record type Site
Current site name Kent Prospect
Alternate or previous names Sphalerite Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.33777, 48.91457 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 2 MI E OF COPELAND; 10 MI N OF BONNERS FERRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boundary(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hall Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonners Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Kootenai(hydrologic unit)

Kootenai(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 Boundary

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 064N 001E 09 NENENE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Original coordinates for line#1 were: lat/long NAD27 48-54-28N 116-20-25W (48.90778 -116.34028); UTM N5417194 E548344 Z11N; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Boise, TWNSHP 064N, RNG 001E, Sect 09, Sect_fract <blank>.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

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) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.33777, 48.91457

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E - W
    Dip 80 DEG N
    Width 0.61M
    Depth to top 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Brush Lake District
District name Moyie-Yaak District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 33.53M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Kirkham, Virgil R. D., And Ellis, Ernest W., 1926, Geology And Ore Deposits Of Boundary County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin, No. 10, 78 P

  • Deposit

    1926 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines & Geol. Bulletin 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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