International Prospect

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  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 10073437
MRDS ID W019521
Record type Site
Current site name International Prospect
Related records 10266415

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.25993, 47.46657 (WGS84)
Elevation 770
Relative position 8 MI SW OF KELLOGG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Crags(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork Coeur d'Alene(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 Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 002E 31 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • OPPOSITE MOUTH OF JACKASS CREEK ON E. SIDE OF W FORK OF PINE CREEK S OF SPOKANE GROUP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.25993, 47.46657

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Folds (Which Plunge 5 To 35 Deg Se) And Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike S 80 DEG E
    Dip 60 DEG S
    Thickness 0.09M
    Length 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D' Alene District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Alpine Silver, Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 731.52M

Comments on development

  • 9 UNPATENTED CLAIMS, 14 PATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, A. B., AND GOOD, S. E., 1963 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE TWIN CRAGS QUADRANGLE, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1142-A, 33 P.

  • Deposit

    JONES, E. L., JR., 1920 , A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE PINE CREEK DISTRICT, IDAHO: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 710 , 36 P.

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 , DIRECTORY OF MINES, IDAHO (COEUR D' ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, 1974 - 75 : SPOKANE, WESTERN MINING NEWS, 163 P.

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON E. L. JONES BULL. 710

  • Deposit

    1963 GEOLMAP CAMPBELL AND GOOD, BULL. 1142-A

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRICHARD ROCKS STRIKE SOMEWHAT E OR W OF N, DIP E.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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