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Moss Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070147
MRDS ID W012859
Record type Site
Current site name Moss Prospect
Related records 10119707

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.23165, 48.13767 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 2 MI SW 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

Clark Fork(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Bonner

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 055N 002E 08 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • JOHNSON CREEK FLOWS INTO CLARK FORK RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Chlorite; Sericite; Much Gouge

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name St. Regis Formation-Shales, Sandstones, Quartzites
    Rock description St. Regis Formation-Shales, Sandstones, Quartzites
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.23165, 48.13767
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Packsaddle Fault Trends N - S (Strikes N 45 Deg E Dips 30 Deg Se)

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip 30 DEG SE
    Width 0.61M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDS ON E SIDE OF VEIN STRIKE N 10 DEG E AND DIP 30 DEG SE: BEDS ON W SIDE OF VEIN STRIKE N 25 DEG E, DIP 60 DEG NW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1927

Mining district

District name Clark Fork District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 16.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • DRIFT

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. 1

Reporter information

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

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