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Alpina Prospect

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Gold
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078322
MRDS ID W026601
Record type Site
Current site name Alpina Prospect
Related records 10120795

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.61131, 47.37427 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Relative position ABOUT 3 MI S OF TAFT, MONTANA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adair(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(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)

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 Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 047N 007E 31 SE OF SE OF SE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Wallace Formation
    Rock description Wallace Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.61131, 47.37427
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Roland Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N 85 DEG E
    Dip 65 DEG N
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name St. Joe District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name St. Joe National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 457.2M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALKINS, F. C., AND JONES, E. L., 1914 , ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE REGION AROUND MULLAN, IDAHO, AND SALTESE, MONTANA: USGS BULL. 540 , P. 167 - 211

  • Deposit

    COLLIER, A. J., 1905 , ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ST. JOE RIVER BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 285 , P. 135

  • Deposit

    1905 RECON A. J. COLLIER BULL. 285

  • Deposit

    1914 OTHER CALKINS AND JONES, BULL. 540

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey

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