Wilson Mutual Prospect

Prospect in Kootenai county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Sulfides, Lead, 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. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Mineral rights holdings
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073396
MRDS ID W019457
MAS/MILS ID 0160550024
Record type Site
Current site name Wilson Mutual Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.66605, 47.61706 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 7.5 MI SE 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

Mount Coeur D'Alene(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)

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 Kootenai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 049N 003W 01 SW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Land Classification Given As "Public Sale"

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Sulfides Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrrhotite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Limonite
  • (Local) Gossan

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.66605, 47.61706

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Brecciation
Structure description Brecciation
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

  • Strike N 30 DEG E
    Dip 90 DEG
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original alteration entry:
    Local - Limonite, Gossan
  • Original ore control entry:
    Fracture

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 Beauty Bay District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wilson Mutual Mining And Milling Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 118.87M

Comments on development

  • 4 Groups Of Claims

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. Note: Commodity(Ies) Not Reported In This Reference For This Property.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-FEB-1989 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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