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Sterling Prospect

Prospect in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078346
MRDS ID W026633
MAS/MILS ID 0160790564
Record type Site
Current site name Sterling Prospect
Alternate or previous names Columbia and Providence Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.97542, 47.47237 (WGS84)
Elevation 1079
Relative position 2 MI W OF WALLACE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wallace(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(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 004E 29,30,32 NWNWNW (30) Idaho
Boise 048N 003E 25 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name St. Regis Formation;Lower Wallace Formation;Revett Formation
    Rock description St. Regis Formation;Lower Wallace Formation;Revett Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.97542, 47.47237
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Property Parallel To Big Creek Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District (Placer, Evolution)

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Callahan, Asarco, Day Mines

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 74.07M

Comments on development

  • Agreement By Asarco, Callahan and Day Mines, Inc. To Explore Sterling From 3000 Ft Level of Galena Mine. One 1321 - Ft Ddh. 15 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Spokane Chronicle, Jan. 11 , 1971 ; Aug 12 , 1968

  • Deposit

    Mining Record, Dec. 11 , 1974

  • Deposit

    Western Mining News, 1974 - 75 Directory Of Mines In Idaho (Coeur D'Alenes) And Washington; P. 144

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Spokane Quad, Location No. 291

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1975 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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