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Kelly Prospect

Prospect in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10078409
MRDS ID W026721
Record type Site
Current site name Kelly Prospect
Alternate or previous names Frontier Silver
Related records 10266710

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.79742, 47.70517 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Relative position 6 MI NE OF EAGLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Murray(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Thompson Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wallace(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Coeur d'Alene(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 050N 005E 02 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ON W EAGLE CREEK. ADJOINS CRYSTAL LEAD (DAY MINES). AT HEADWATERS OF COTTONWOOD CR. GIVEN LOCATION UNCERTAIN.

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 Lower Prichard Formation
    Rock description Lower Prichard Formationt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.79742, 47.70517
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Trout Creek Anticline Which Trends N
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulting

Ore body information

  • Length 36.58M
    Width 0.76M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Jacke Waite District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Coeur d'Alene National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frontier Silver Mines Corp.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 324.61M

Comments on the workings information

  • 150 FT OF DRIFTING PLANNED IN 1973 . OLD CAVED TUNNEL OF 800 FT.

Comments on development

  • 20 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. OLD CAVED TUNNEL RELOCATED BY F. A. MORBECK IN 1968

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SPOKANE CHRONICLE, OCT. 30 , 1970 ; DEC. 6 , 1968

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, NOV. 16 , 1973

  • Deposit

    WESTERN MINING NEWS, 1974 - 75 DIRECTORY OF MINES IN IDAHO (COEUR D'ALENES) AND WASHINGTON, P. 49

  • Deposit

    1973 GEOLMAP FRONTIER SILVER MINES CORP

Reporter information

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

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