Alice Prospect

Prospect in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Zinc

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Materials information
Alteration
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10071616
MRDS ID	W015109
MAS/MILS ID	0160490058
Record type	Site
Current site name	Alice Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-115.48988, 45.82457 (WGS84)
Elevation	1311
Relative position	ABOUT 2 MI DIRECTLY W OF ELK CITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elk City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management ID)

Bureau of Land Management ID BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Idaho	Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Boise	029N	008E	29		Idaho

Comments on the location information

On Divide W Of Buffalo Creek

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Silver	Tertiary
Copper	Tertiary
Zinc Critical	Tertiary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Chalcopyrite	Ore
Gold	Ore
Sphalerite	Ore
Tetrahedrite	Ore
Pyrite	Gangue
Quartz	Gangue

Alteration

(Local) Oxidation
(Local) Silicification

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated

Host

Rock type

Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Rock unit name

Belt Supergroup

Rock description

Belt Supergroup-Schistose Rock

Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Neoproterozoic
Stratigraphic age (youngest)	Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1)	Augen gneiss.	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form LENS

General form	LENS

Controls for ore emplacement

Contact Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Prospect
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Elk City District

Land status

Ownership category	BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W015109
Idaho Geological Survey	Idaho Mines and Prospects	IMP	EC__19	http://www.idahogeology.org/
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0160490058	data consolidated into this record

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Shenon, P. J., And Reed, J. C., 1934, Geology And Ore Deposits Of The Elk City, Orogrande, Buffalo Hump, And Tenmile Districts, Idaho County, Idaho: USGS Circ. 9, 89 P.
Deposit

Shenon, P. J., And Reed, J. C., 1934, Geology Of The Elk City Mining District, Idaho: Am. Inst. Mining And Metall. Engineers Tech. Pub. 562, 22 P.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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