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Butte Mining Company Prospect

Prospect in Benewah county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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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. 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. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070199
MRDS ID W012942
MAS/MILS ID 0160090002
Record type Site
Current site name Butte Mining Company Prospect
Alternate or previous names Independent Claim Group, Rex Claim Group

Comments on the site names

  • The Additional Names Are Claim Groups Once Owned By The Butte Mining Co. The Rainbow Mining Co. Now Owns Them.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.50684, 47.40846 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position ABOUT 7 MI NE OF ST. MARIES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Benewah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Medimont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coeur d'Alene Lake(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Benewah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 047N 001W 19 SWNENE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • At Head Of Evans Cr. About A Mi. To The NW Of The Summit Of Roundtop; Very Near Kootenai Co. Line.
  • Original coordinates for line#1 were: lat/long NAD27 47-24-35N 116-29-18W (47.40972 -116.48833); UTM N5250600 E538600 Z11N; PLSS line# 1: Meridian- Boise, TWNSHP 047N, RNG 001W, Sect 20, Sect_fract <blank>.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

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) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.50684, 47.40846
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wnw St. Joe River Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N 33 DEG W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • A Crushed Zone Or Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • The Quartzites Strike Nearly Due W, Dip 40 Deg. S.

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 Roundtop District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Indian Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Butte Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 64.01M

Comments on development

  • 6 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1928, A Geological Reconnaissance In The St. Maries Region, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 30, P. 17

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1940, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 53

  • Deposit

    Administrative Report BIA-54, P 34 (Confidential).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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