Idaho Diamond Sulphide Group

Prospect in Kootenai county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Vermiculite, Gold, Silver
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Mineral rights holdings
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073395
MRDS ID W019456
MAS/MILS ID 0160550023
Record type Site
Current site name Idaho Diamond Sulphide Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.92356, 47.62066 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Relative position 8.5 MI SW OF COEUR D'ALENE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kootenai(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rockford Bay(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

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

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coeur d'Alene Lake(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Kootenai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 049N 005W 01 NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On E Slope Mica Peak, Reached By Road From Cougar Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Vermiculite Secondary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Copper Ore
Gold Ore
Silver Ore
Vermiculite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Vermiculite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.92356, 47.62066

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure name Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of WNW Trend
Structure description Broad Much - Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - Vermiculite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Idaho Diamond Sulphide Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • Caved Old Tunnel Several Hundred Feet Long

Comments on development

  • 2 Unpatented Claims, 1 Patented Claim

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1940 , Geology And Metalliferous Deposits Of Kootenai County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 53 , 67 P.

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., And Jones, E. L., Jr., 1923 , Geology And Ore Deposits Of Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 732 , 156 P.

  • Deposit

    Mc Dowell, G. A., 1948 , 50 Th Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1948 , P. 170

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-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.