Elk Mountain Group

Prospect in Kootenai county in Idaho, United States with commodities Tungsten, Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Mineral rights holdings
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073402
MRDS ID W019466
MAS/MILS ID 0160550001
Record type Site
Current site name Elk Mountain Group
Alternate or previous names Elk and Elk Extension, Painted Desert U. and Oil Co., Murphy Tungsten

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.64325, 47.59266 (WGS84)
Elevation 1113
Relative position 7 MI SE OF COEUR D'ALENE; 20 MI W OF PINEHURST

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 002W 18 NE Idaho

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE STREAK 1 FT WIDE POSSIBLY 1 TO 2 % WO3. VEIN 50 FT. LENGTH MAY RUN .5 % WO3. AVERAGE ESTIMATED GRADE 1 % 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation
    Rock description Prichard Form.-Silicified Shale Or Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock type qualifier Silicified Shale
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.64325, 47.59266

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.83M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer E. A. Oehrling And A. Mollenhauer

Mining district

District name Beauty Bay 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 Painted Desert Uranium And Oil Co.

Comments on development

  • DDH; 26 Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Western Mining News, Aug. 25 , 1975

  • Deposit

    Powers, H. A., 1956 , Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Report, No. 3 , 5 P.

  • Deposit

    Spokane Chronicle, Mar. 21 , 1974

  • 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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 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.