Hall Mountain No. 1 Prospect

Occurrence in Boundary county in Idaho, United States with commodity Thorium
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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094383
MRDS ID D006568
MAS/MILS ID 0160210108
Record type Site
Current site name Hall Mountain No. 1 Prospect
Alternate or previous names T.M.U. Claims

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.41107, 48.99347 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 4 MI S80E FROM PORTHILL ID

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Boundary(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copeland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bonners Ferry(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Kootenai(hydrologic unit)

Kootenai(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Boundary

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 065N 001W 12, 13 S2 (12) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Prospect Is About About 1500 Ft Higher, And To The E Of The Golden Scepter Mine

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Thorium Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.41107, 48.99347

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northerly Trending Faults, Some Of Which Are Normal

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Moyie-Yaak District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Kaniksu National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hall Mountain Thorite Mining Co.
    Home office Bruce R. Berringer, President Pacific Hotel, Spokane, Wa.
  • Type Owner
    Owner NW Prospecting And Development Co.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1960

Comments on development

  • D.M.E.A. Docket No. 4344 (1956), 5 Claims Make Up The Property

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Commodity Files, USGS, Spokane W

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Brecciated Quartzite Is The Main Mineralized Zone
Deposit For More Information See D.M.E.A. Docket No. 4344 (1956) ; Info.Src : 2 Unpub Rept

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-80 Lewis, Reed S. (Orris, Greta J.) U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-NOV-83 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.