Iron Prospect

Prospect in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodities Iron, Copper
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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10070206
MRDS ID W012954
MAS/MILS ID 0160870138
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.8054, 44.72878 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Relative position ABOUT 8 1/2 MI SE OF BROWNLEE DAM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Advent Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

McCall(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Weiser(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Payette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 016N 004W 15 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE S SIDE OF CUDDY MT, BELOW THE IXL MINE
  • SITE IS LABELED AS A GRAVEL PIT ON 7.5-MIN. TOPOGRAPHIC MAP.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Actinolite Gangue
Barite Gangue
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result SPECIMEN ASSAYS OF 63 - 69 % FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Seven Devils Volcanics;Granodiorite
    Rock description Seven Devils Volcanics;Granodiorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Skarn (Tactite)
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Seven Devils Group-Limestone, Tactite
    Rock description Seven Devils Group-Limestone, Tactite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.8054, 44.72878

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Fillings

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Cuddy Mountain District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Fankhauser, R. E., 1969, Geology And Mineralization Of The Southern Cuddy Mountains, Washington County, Idaho: Corvallis, Oregon State Univ., Ms, Thesis, 138 P.

  • Deposit

    Bruce, W. R., 1971, Geology, Mineral Deposits, And Alteration Of Parts Of The Cuddy Mtn. Dist., Western Idaho: Corvallis, Oregon State Univ., Ph. D. Thesis, 165 P.

  • Deposit

    1954 Geolmap Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 97, P. 20.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1975 Moody, Ula L.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 10-SEP-1992 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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