Black Diamond Prospect

Occurrence in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodity 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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089407
MRDS ID W019481
Record type Site
Current site name Black Diamond Prospect
Alternate or previous names Patricia
Related records 10193636

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.30713, 47.40986 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 12.5 MI SW OF KELLOGG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Shoshone(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Twin Crags(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(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 047N 001E 22,23 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Fe And Mn Stains; Oxidation

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ACROSS VEIN ASSAYED 19 % MN

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.30713, 47.40986

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 DEG W
    Dip N
    Length 2956.56M
    Width 12.19M

Comments on the geologic information

  • QUARTZITE STRIKES NE, DIPS 30 TO 35 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1913

Mining district

District name Coeur D'Alene District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Brooks
    First year 1920

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 59.44M

Comments on development

  • 3 CLAIMS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    JONES, E. L., 1920 , A RECONNAISSANCE OF THE PINE CREEK DISTRICT IDAHO: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 710 , 36 P.

  • Deposit

    UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., 1923 , GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF SHOSHONE COUNTY, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 732 , P. 113 , 114

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, A. B., AND GOOD, S. E., 1963 , GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE TWIN CRAGS QUADRANGLE, IDAHO: USGS BULL. 1142 - A, 33 P.

  • Deposit

    1920 RECON E. L. JONES, BULL. 710

  • Deposit

    1923 GEOLMAP UMPLEBY, J. B., AND JONES, E. L., JR., BULL. 732

  • Deposit

    1963 GEOLMAP A. B. CAMPBELL AND S. E. GOOD, BULL. 1142 - A

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CAMPBELL AND GOOD GIVE VEIN STRIKE OF ENE, DIP VERTICAL TO 75 DEG S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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