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Varnum Prospect

Prospect in Kootenai county in Idaho, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  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 10096439
MRDS ID W019454
MAS/MILS ID 0160550019
Record type Site
Current site name Varnum Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.58295, 47.63706 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 16 MI ESE OF COEUR D'ALENE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kootenai(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wolf Lodge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coeur d'Alene Lake(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Kootenai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 050N 002W 34 SE Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • In Chinese Gulch 2 Mi E Of Wolf Lodge Creek

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Quartz Diorite
    Rock type qualifier Quartz Diorite Sill
    Rock description Quartz Diorite Sill
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.58295, 47.63706
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name Osburn Fault
Type of structure Regional
Structure name Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of WNW Trend

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SW

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fissure

Comments on the geologic information

  • Original Structures entry:
    Local - Vein Is .5 Mi Sw Of Osburn Fault
    Regional - Broad Much - Faulted Anticlinal Uplift Of Wnw Trend
  • Original ore control entry:
    Fissure

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 Wolf Lodge District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wolf Lodge Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 68.58M

Comments on development

  • 6 Patented Claims

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Anderson, A. L., 1940 , Geology And Metalliferous Deposits Of Kootenai County, Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Pamphlet 53 , 67 P

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 22-MAY-1986 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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