E. Priest Lake Prospect

Prospect in Boundary county in Idaho, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093406
MRDS ID W007546
MAS/MILS ID 0160210035
Record type Site
Current site name E. Priest Lake Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.77747, 48.60656 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Relative position 9 MILES NORTH OF COOLIN ON HWY. 57

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boundary(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Priest Lake SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonners Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Priest(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boundary

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 061N 003W 30 C Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On E. Side Of Priest Lake

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Uraninite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Kaniksu Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Kaniksu Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.77747, 48.60656

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Priest Lake District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the production information

  • No Production (Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Weis, Paul L., Armstrong, Frank C., And Rosenblum, Samuel, 1958, Reconnaissance For Radioactive Minerals In Washington, Idaho, And Western Montana, 1952 - 1955: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1074 - B, 48 P

  • Deposit

    1958 Recon Weis, Paul L. Bulletin 1074 -

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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.