Vienna-International Prospect

Prospect in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, 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. 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 10078424
MRDS ID W026744
MAS/MILS ID 0160790574
Record type Site
Current site name Vienna-International Prospect
Alternate or previous names Vienna, Osakis

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.87212, 47.42907 (WGS84)
Elevation 1170
Relative position ABOUT 3.5 MI SE OF WALLACE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mullan(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

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 005E 18,07 Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Located Near Mouth of Flora Gulch. Exact Location Unknown

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary

Materials information

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

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 Wallace Formation
    Rock description Wallace Formationt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.87212, 47.42907

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Gouge; Nw-Trending Fault Cuts Off Vein W Of The Shaft

Ore body information

  • General form SCATTERED BUNCHES
    Strike E - W
    Dip 90 DEG
    Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 426.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 Tunnels, 1 Shaft

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Calkins, F. C., And Jones, E. L., Jr., 1914 , Economic Geology Of The Region Around Mullan, Idaho, And Saltese, Montana: USGS Bulletin 540 , P. 167 - 211

  • Deposit

    Umpleby, J. B., And Jones, E. L., Jr., 1923 , Geology And Ore Deposits Of Shoshone County, Idaho: USGS Bulletin 732 , P. 88 , 113

  • Deposit

    1914 Other Calkins And Jones, Bulletin 540

  • Deposit

    1916 Geolmap Umpleby And Jones, Bulletin 732

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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