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Big Five Group Prospect

Prospect in Benewah county in Idaho, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Zinc
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  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. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096224
MRDS ID W012941
MAS/MILS ID 0160090004
Record type Site
Current site name Big Five Group Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.48434, 47.39406 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097
Relative position ABOUT 7 MI NE OF ST. MARIES

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Benewah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rochat Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joe(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(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 Benewah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 047N 001W 29 NENENE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Near Head Of Street Creek About 4 Mi From Its Mouth.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Lead Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyromorphite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Iron Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification; Chlorite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Prichard Formation-Quartzite
    Rock description Prichard Formation-Quartzite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Prichard Formation.
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Wnw St. Joe River Fault

Ore body information

  • Strike N 50 DEG W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Roundtop District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Big Five Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 228.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • Second Vein Strikes N 55 Deg W, Dips 70 Deg Sw.

Comments on development

  • 6 Unpatented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1928, A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN THE ST. MARIES REGION, IDAHO: IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 30, P. 18

  • Deposit

    ANDERSON, A. L., 1940, IDAHO BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY PAMPHLET 53

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Kauffman, John D. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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