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Blue Grouse Prospect

Occurrence in Boundary county in Idaho, United States with commodity Sulfides
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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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070141
MRDS ID W012850
MAS/MILS ID 0160210126
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Grouse Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.32797, 48.90847 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position 2800 FT S 24 DEG E FROM AMERICAN GIRL TUNNEL; 1 MI. N. OF BRUSH LAKE; 14 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 10 SWNESW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • About 1 Mi Wnw Of Bussard Peak

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfides Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Purcell Sill-Quartz Diorite To Gabbro
    Rock description Purcell Sill-Quartz Diorite To Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Feldspathic Quartzite
    Rock description Feldspathic Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.32797, 48.90847
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Occurrence Related To Bethlehem Fault Which Strikes N 40 Deg W, Dips 45 Deg Sw, 100 Ft Wide.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Brush Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Blue Grouse Mining And Milling Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Prospect Shafts On Vein; Head Frame On One Shaft Being Rebuilt (1969)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Brackebusch, F. W., 1969, Economic Geology Of The Queen Mountain Area, A Part Of The Purcell Range, Boundary County, Idaho: Unpub. Thesis, Univ. Idaho, 76 P

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Sereis, 1981, Sandpoint Quad, Location No. 28

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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