Gemmill Prospect

Occurrence in Latah county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Gold
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072087
MRDS ID W015925
Record type Site
Current site name Gemmill Prospect
Alternate or previous names Olson
Related records 10266105

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.69883, 46.71876 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 3.5 MI ESE OF TROY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Little Bear Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Potlatch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 039N 003W 15 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • LIES ALONG LITTLE BEAR CR DOWNSTREAM FROM O.K. OLSON MINE. ABOUT 3.5 MI NE OF AMERICAN RIDGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Diopside Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization, Kaolinization

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS OF 8 REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES VARIED FROM 1.07 TO 3.48% CU, 0.2 TO 1.4 OZ. AG, AND 0.02 TO 0.04 OZ AU.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Granodiorite Or Granite
    Rock description Granodiorite Or Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Injection Gneiss, Schist, Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.69883, 46.71876

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike E-W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Length 762M
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Troy District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner B. Nelson, Troy Sillimanite Co., Al And Bob Olson
  • Type Owner
    Owner L. Osvog

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS AND CUTS FOR .5 MI OR SO ALONG CREEK

Comments on development

  • CORE DRILLING BY OLSONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EASTMAN, E. A., 1925, A GEOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE COPPER OUTCROPS NEAR TROY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, IDAHO, UNIV. OF IDAHO, B. S. THESIS, 15 P.

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1956, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY OPEN-FILE REPT., 1 P.

  • Deposit

    HUBBARD, C. R., 1957, MINERAL RESOURCES OF LATAH COUNTY: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY COUNTY REPT. 2, 29 P.

  • Deposit

    Varley, Thomas, Wright, C.A., Soper, E.K., and Livingston, D.C., 1919, A preliminary report on the mining districts of Idaho: U.S. BUReau of MINES BULLetin 166, p. [available online at http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc12364/m1/1/]

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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