Tiberius Prospect

Prospect in Shoshone county in Idaho, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089411
MRDS ID W019518
MAS/MILS ID 0160790534
Record type Site
Current site name Tiberius Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.27884, 47.49656 (WGS84)
Elevation 988
Relative position 8 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)

Coeur d'Alene Lake(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Shoshone

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 048N 001E 24 SESE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • At Head of Small Gulch Tributary To Ross Fork

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Chlorite, Sericite, Calcite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Prichard Form.-Thin Bedded Argillite; Quartzose Argillite
    Rock description Prichard Form.-Thin Bedded Argillite; Quartzose Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.27884, 47.49656

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Narrow Shear Zones Strike N 50 Deg W To W.

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 60 DEG SW
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shearzone

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 96.01M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Campbell, A. B., And Good, S. E., 1963 , Geology And Mineral Deposits Of The Twin Crags Quadrangle, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1142-A, 33 P.

  • Deposit

    Jones, E. L., Jr., 1920 , A Reconnaissance Of The Pine Creek District, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 710 , 36 P.

  • Deposit

    1920 Recon E. L. Jones, Bulletin 710

  • Deposit

    1963 Geolmap Campbell And Good, Bulletin 1142-A

  • Deposit

    V.E. Mitchell, Et. Al; Mines And Prospects Map Series, 1981, Spokane Quad, Location No. 534

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Prichard Strikes N 35 To 60 Deg W, Dips 40 To 55 Deg Sw

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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