Blue Eagle 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073459
MRDS ID W019558
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Eagle Prospect
Alternate or previous names Niagara Property
Related records 10241839

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.16383, 47.46407 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 5 MI SSW OF KELLOGG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Masonia(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 002E 35 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Argillite
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.16383, 47.46407

Economic information

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Niagara Min. And Devel. Co.? Blue Eagle Min. Co.

Comments on development

  • 8 PATENTED CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 1975 DIRECTORY OF MINES FOR IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON: SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, P. 98

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, JUNE 1 , 1970 ; JUNE 4 , 1968

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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