Silica Gold and Copper 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. 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. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078325
MRDS ID W026605
Record type Site
Current site name Silica Gold and Copper Prospect
Related records 10168843, 10192572

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.74412, 47.37237 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position ABOUT 7.5 MI SE OF MULLAN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shefoot Mountain(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 006E 31 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • A QUARTER MI N OF THE N LINE OF SEC 6 , T46N, R6E. APPROXIMATE LOCATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result $4-$12 GOLD PER TON IN THE SULFIDES (1911)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.74412, 47.37237

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Brecciation

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Width 1.83M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone, Fissures

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 National Forest
Area name St. Joe National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Silica Gold And Copper Min. Co. ( 1911 )

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J. T., 1911 , GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE UPPER ST. JOE RIVER BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 470 , P. 39 - 61

  • Deposit

    1911 OTHER J. T. PARDEE, BULL. 47

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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