Tate Prospect

Occurrence in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, 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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070099
MRDS ID W012787
MAS/MILS ID 0160870026
Record type Site
Current site name Tate Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.05791, 44.56846 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 20 MILES DOWNSTREAM OF HUNTINGTON, ORE, AND ABOUT 1 MI. EAST OF OLD TOWN OF MINERAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monroe Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014N 006W 10 NWSENW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • COVERS A PART OF THE RIDGE NORTHEAST OF THE CONDOR GROUP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite;Diabase
    Rock description Diorite;Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.05791, 44.56846

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Area Appears To Be On The North Limb Of A Faulted Anticline Of General N.E. Trend.

Ore body information

  • Strike N. 80 DEG. E.
    Dip 67 DEG NW
    Width 10.67M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mineral District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • FEW WORKINGS, BUT THOSE PRESENT HAVE UNCOVERED ABOUT A DOZEN QUARTZ - TOURMALINE VEINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., AND WAGNER, W. R., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, PAMPHLET 95, 26 P

  • Deposit

    1952 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOL., PAMPHLET 9

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIP VARIES 55 - 80 DEG NW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1976 Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-MAR-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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