Setser Prospect

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper
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. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078329
MRDS ID W026612
Record type Site
Current site name Setser Prospect
Related records 10120275

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.71541, 47.27097 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Relative position ABOUT 4 MI NE OF AVERY

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 045N 006E 05 NE OF SE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result AVG 0.3 OZ/TON AG, 1% PB (1906)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Upper Wallace Formation
    Rock description Upper Wallace Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.71541, 47.27097

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Jointing Strikes N 70 Deg W

Ore body information

  • Strike E - W
    Dip 0 DEG

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

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

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 ADIT, SEVERAL OPEN CUTS

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

    COLLIER, A. J., 1906 , ORE DEPOSITS IN THE ST. JOE RIVER BASIN, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 285 , P. 129 - 139

  • Deposit

    1906 OTHER A. J. COLLIER, BULL. 285

  • Deposit

    1911 OTHER J. T. PARDEE, BULL. 470

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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