Copper Prince Prospect

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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. 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 10073414
MRDS ID W019485
Record type Site
Current site name Copper Prince Prospect
Alternate or previous names Black Prince
Related records 10120811

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.05882, 47.26817 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 6 MI E OF CALDER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marble Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joe(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 045N 003E 10,11 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • AT MOUTH OF BLACK PRINCE CR. 800 FT S OF SEC 3

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Garnet, Scapolite

Analytical data

Result LODE ASSAYED $4 / TON AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
    Rock unit name Herrick Stock-Monzonite
    Rock description Herrick Stock-Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Lower Wallace Formation-Quartzitic Slate;St. Regis Form.-Quartzite, Argillite
    Rock description Lower Wallace Formation-Quartzitic Slate;St. Regis Form.-Quartzite, Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.05882, 47.26817

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Complex Folding And Faulting (Nw - Se) Accompanied By Fracturing, Shearing, Jointing; Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form SEAMS AND STRINGERS, IRREGULAR BUNCHES
    Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Length 609.6M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone, Small Fissures And Joints; Contact Of Monzonite And Metamorphic Rocks

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Avery District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Mr. Mabutt

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 56.39M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TUNNELS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, W. R., 1949 , THE GEOLOGY OF PART OF THE SOUTH SLOPE OF THE ST. JOE MTNS.: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 82 , 48 P.

  • Deposit

    HAYES, C. W., AND LINDGREN, WALDEMAR, 1911 , CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECON. GEOLOGY: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 470 , P. 39 - 61.

  • Deposit

    COLLIER, A. J., 1906 , ORE DEPOSITS OF THE ST. JOE RIVER BASIN, IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 285 , P. 129 - 139

  • Deposit

    WILSON, R. S., 1963 , GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION RECONNAISSANCE IN THE AVERY AREA, IDAHO: UNIV. OF IDAHO, M. S. THESIS, 81 P.

  • Deposit

    5) UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , P. 119.

  • Deposit

    6) SOPER, E. K., 1918 , THE MINING DISTRICTS OF NORTHERN IDAHO: MINING AND SCIENTIFIC PRESS, V. 116 , P. 124

  • Deposit

    1906 OTHER A. J. COLLIER, BULL. 285

  • Deposit

    1911 OTHER HAYES AND LINDGREN, BULL. 470

  • Deposit

    1916 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., BULL. 732

  • Deposit

    1949 GEOLMAP IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 82

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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