Florence Prospect

Prospect in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073363
MRDS ID W019411
MAS/MILS ID 0160790311
Record type Site
Current site name Florence Prospect
Alternate or previous names Dallaire Group, Aberdeen, Aberdeen-Idaho

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.10023, 47.51267 (WGS84)
Elevation 945
Relative position 1.75 MI SE OF KELLOGG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kellogg East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Coeur d'Alene(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(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 Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 003E 17,16 NWNENE (17) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Between Polaris Fault and Bunker Hill'S Crescent Shaft

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Wallace Form.-Quartzite, Argillite
    Rock description Wallace Form.-Quartzite, Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.10023, 47.51267

Economic information

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 Coeur D'Alene District (Big Creek, Yreka)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area
Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bunker Hill Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Aberdeen Idaho Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 201.17M

Comments on development

  • 27 Unpatented Claims. Main Activity Is Required Assessment Work. Past Work Has Been Through the Crescent Mine At the 3700 Level Aiming At the 4400 of the Aberdeen

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Reporter Report Date Affiliation Kauffman U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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