Lucky Tuesday Prospect

Occurrence in Kootenai county in Idaho, United States with commodities Tungsten, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Silver, Tin, Nickel
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. Mineral rights holdings
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073397
MRDS ID W019459
MAS/MILS ID 0160550003
Record type Site
Current site name Lucky Tuesday Prospect
Alternate or previous names Magnum Tin Corporation

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.67355, 47.60426 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Relative position 8 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

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Kootenai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 049N 003W 12 N2 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Approximate Location

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antimony Ore
Bismuth Ore
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification

Analytical data

Result EST. BEST EXPOSURE TO RUN .5 % WO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock type qualifier Rhyolite Porphyry Dike
    Rock description Rhyolite Porphyry Dike
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Rock description Prichard Form Argillite, Some Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.67355, 47.60426

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS
    Strike N 25 DEG W
    Dip 80 DEG SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wolf Lodge District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James R. Strohm, Magnum Tin Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • In 1966 , 1 Tunnel With 3 Crosscuts 6 To 80 Ft Long.

Comments on development

  • 4 Unpatented Claims. Mill.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Powers, Harold A., 1956 , Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Report, 2 P.

  • Deposit

    Hansen, O. T., 1966 , 66 Th Annual Report Of The Mining Industry Of Idaho For 1966 , State Mine Inspector, Boise, P. 84

  • Deposit

    Hobbs, S. W., 1964 , Tungsten, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. 1 , P. 223 - 233

  • Deposit

    Fryklund, V.C. & Hutchinson, M.W., 1954, Economic Geology, V 49, No 7, Pp 75

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Prospect On Strike Of Structure Through Elk Property.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 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.