Azurite Prospect

Prospect in Washington county in Idaho, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093433
MRDS ID W012757
Record type Site
Current site name Azurite Prospect
Alternate or previous names Salyer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.05021, 44.56046 (WGS84)
Elevation 1234
Relative position 20 MILES DOWN STREAM OF HUNTINGTON, ORE; 22 MILES NORTH OF WEISER.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monroe Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(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 Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 014N 006W 10 C W2SW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS THE TATE GROUP ON THE SOUTH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite
    Rock description Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.05021, 44.56046

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E.N.E.
    Dip 55 DEG. N.W.
    Length 3.05M
    Width 0.46M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • 2 DIKES, 1 BEING THE SILVER BELL DIKE WHICH IS 100 FT WIDE AND DIPS N

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 Mineral District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 SHORT ADIT IS EXTENT OF WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, ALFRED L., AND WAGNER, WARREN R., 1952, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE MINERAL DISTRICT, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 95, 26 P.

  • Deposit

    TURNER, H.W., 1908 , THE ORE DEPOSITS AT MINERAL, IDAHO: ECON. GEOLOGY, V. 3 , NO. 6 , P. 491 - 502

  • Deposit

    1952 RECON IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 9

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1976 Benjamin, David A.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-MAR-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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