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Mc Ginty Claim

Occurrence in Boundary county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070153
MRDS ID W012867
Record type Site
Current site name Mc Ginty Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.10495, 48.59597 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Relative position 12.5 MI SE 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

Leonia(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 061N 003E 32 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ACROSS BOULDER CREEK AND 600 FT. N. OF THE OSCAR ADIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Purcell Sill-Hornblende Gabbro
    Rock description Purcell Sill-Hornblende Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.10495, 48.59597
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moyie - Yaak District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Comments on development

  • PATENTED IN 1895

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILLER, D. A., 1973, GEOLOGY OF THE LEONIA KNOB AREA, BOUNDARY COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, 103 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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