John Coats Prospect

Prospect in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodity Mercury
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. Ownership information
  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 10092578
MRDS ID M055153
MAS/MILS ID 0160870058
Record type Site
Current site name John Coats Prospect
Alternate or previous names Coats

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.8843, 44.34297 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 8 MILES NE OF WEISER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Weiser North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Weiser(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Weiser(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 012N 005W 25 E2SW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG HWY 95 , 8 MI DUE W OF CONSOLIDATED QUICKSILVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Chalcedony Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification (Opalization), Opalitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Payette Formation-Sandstone, Sandy Shale , Shale;Idaho Formation-Sandstone, Sandy Shale
    Rock description Payette Formation-Sandstone, Sandy Shale , Shale;Idaho Formation-Sandstone, Sandy Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.8843, 44.34297

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Broad - Crested Anticlines; Syncline In Snake River Valley
Type of structure Local
Structure description Local Structural Depression, As A Result Of Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR , TABULAR
    Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip E

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zone, Brecciation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Discoverer Frank Coats

Mining district

District name Weiser

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chester Lackey
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Coats

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • PITS AND DOZER CUTS ( 1941 )

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: TOO LOW GRADE TO MINE AT A PROFIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E.H., USGS, PERSONAL FILES

  • Deposit

    BAILEY, E. H., 1964 , MINERAL RESOURCES - MERCURY, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY SPEC. REPT. NO. 1 , P. 119 - 123

  • Deposit

    ROSS, C. P., 1956 , QUICKSILVER DEPOSITS NEAR WEISER: USGS BULL. 1042-D, P. 79 - 104

  • Deposit

    1956 GEOLMAP ROSS, BULL. 1042-D

  • Deposit

    1964 COMPILE IBM & G SP. RPT. NO. 1

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHOOTS WITHIN THE OPALITIZED ROCK TREND N 10 - 55 DEG W

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Bergquist, Joel R. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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