Douglass Prospect

Prospect in Adams 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093458
MRDS ID W012964
MAS/MILS ID 0160030016
Record type Site
Current site name Douglass Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.6491, 45.14517 (WGS84)
Elevation 2134
Relative position 4 3/4 MI. N.E. OF CUPRUM.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Adams(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

White Monument(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(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

Payette National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Adams

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 021N 003W 24 NE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • On Kinney Cr. Slope A Few Hundred Ft. Below Top Of White Monument Claim.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Seven Devils Volcanics-Andesite
    Rock description Seven Devils Volcanics-Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.6491, 45.14517

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Seven Devils District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Payette National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner John L. Thompson

Comments on the workings information

  • Dump On Claim Site

Comments on development

  • Patented Claim. Adjoins White Monument Claim On The Sw.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Livingston, D. C., And Laney, F. B., 1920, The Copper Deposits Of The Seven Devils And Adjacent Districts: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology, Bulletin 1, P. 7

  • Deposit

    1920 Compile Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geol., Bulletin

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Murphy, Lyn S.; Miller, Pat U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 15-MAY-1995 Winters, Dick U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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