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Mountain Gulch Prospect

Occurrence in Latah county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, 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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073359
MRDS ID W019405
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Gulch Prospect
Related records 10144804

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.51953, 47.02936 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 12.75 MI W OF CLARKIA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Latah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Emida(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palouse(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Latah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 043N 001W 31 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF MOUNTAIN GULCH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Lower Member Of Striped Peak Formation-Quartzite, Argillite;Middle Member Of Wallace Formation-Dolomitic, Calc. Quartzite; Argillite
    Rock description Lower Member Of Striped Peak Formation-Quartzite, Argillite;Middle Member Of Wallace Formation-Dolomitic, Calc. Quartzite; Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.51953, 47.02936
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Steeply Dipping Faults

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hoodoo District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Clearwater National Forest (Palouse RD of St. Joe National Forest)

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, 2 LARGE DUMPS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MC NEILL, A., 1920 , GEOLOGY OF THE HOODOO MINING DISTRICT, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO: MOSCOW, UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO, MS THESIS, 98 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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