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St. Louis Prospect

Past Producer in Idaho county in Idaho, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096359
MRDS ID W015153
MAS/MILS ID 0160490140
Record type Site
Current site name St. Louis Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -115.68238, 45.56657 (WGS84)
Elevation 2316
Relative position 1 MI S OF CONCORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Idaho(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buffalo Hump(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elk City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Salmon-Chamberlain(hydrologic unit)

Salmon(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater 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 Idaho

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 026N 006E 26 Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Covellite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Idaho Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Belt Supergroup
    Rock description Belt Supergroup-Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -115.68238, 45.56657
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description At Crest Of Large Isoclinal Anticline Which Has Been Invaded By Batholith

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 DEG E
    Dip 65 DEG E
    Thickness 3.05M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure; Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • Schist Strikes N 25 Deg E, Dips 60 Deg NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Buffalo Hump District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Galen L. Stone

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 65.53M

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 12-OCT-1990 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.

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